Weather & Climate

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Across
  1. 3. a cyclone or severe rotating tropical storm that produces high winds and severe rain in the Northern Hemisphere east of the International Date Line
  2. 6. a tornado-like swirling column of wind or water
  3. 7. out-of-the-ordinary and extreme weather conditions
  4. 9. an instrument that measures thermal energy as temperature
  5. 10. the layer of the atmosphere that begins at Earth's surface and extends upward for an average of 15km. Weather happens here.
  6. 11. the cause of winds near the equator in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres to curve west
Down
  1. 1. the layer of gases surrounding Earth
  2. 2. a loud, explosive sound created by lightning
  3. 4. a variable property of weather, such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, or wind
  4. 5. the force exerted on a surface by the mass of the air above it
  5. 8. a cyclone or severe tropical storm that produces high winds in the Pacific north of the equator and west of the International Date Line
  6. 10. a rapidly rotating destructive column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground.