Across
- 2. warm air rises and cool air sinks in a cycle
- 4. front where cold air moves in under a warm air mass.
- 5. a body of air that has about the same temperature and moisture throughout
- 7. the flow of air from land to a body of water
- 11. The second-lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere.
- 13. The measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface
- 15. A front between air masses that don't move or are remaining still
- 17. the flow of air from a body of water to land
- 18. Energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles.
Down
- 1. a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth
- 3. The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere; the layer we live in
- 6. The uppermost layer of the atmosphere, in which temperature increases as altitude increases
- 8. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°
- 9. layer that absorbs most of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation
- 10. a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air; the amount of moisture in the air
- 12. The layer of Earth's atmosphere immediately above the stratosphere; the third layer of the atmosphere
- 14. The direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching.
- 16. a front where warm air moves over cold air