Across
- 2. The amount of space an object takes up
- 3. Force of the air above a surface pushing down on it due to gravity.
- 7. When a solid becomes a liquid
- 8. how much stuff or particles make up an object
- 9. A measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a substance.
- 10. hot air rising and cool air sinking
- 12. Temperature scale the U.S. uses
- 15. continuous movement of water from ground to sky
- 17. weather conditions in a particular area for a long period of time
- 18. Form of heat transfer where heat energy is transferred when particles collide
- 19. Mass A large body of air with the same temperature and humidity throughout. The area over which it forms is what provides its characteristics.
- 20. A zone where two different air masses meet that brings a change in weather. Kinds include cold front, warm front, stationary front, occluded
- 21. The amount of water vapor in the air
- 23. Happens at 32 degrees F. The temperature at which a liquid changes into a solid
Down
- 1. Liquid to gas
- 4. another word for light; type of heat transfer by electromagnetic waves
- 5. caused by unequal heating of earth's surface which causes differences in air temperature
- 6. water in the form of a gas
- 11. Gas to liquid
- 13. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
- 14. solid,liquid,gas describe the ________ of matter
- 16. How tightly packed the matter in a substance is.
- 22. Temperature scale Europe & the rest of the world uses
- 24. invisible force that results in precipitation falling towards the ground; makes things fall