Across
- 3. average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
- 5. a surface current that moves water from the Gulf of Mexico northeast toward Europe
- 7. Measured amount of water vapor in the air
- 9. how hot or cold something is, which has to do with the motion of the particles that make up matter
- 11. water that seeps below earth's surface into spaces in rock and soil
- 13. currents that flow below the ocean surface and are driven by differences in water densities that cause water to sink below surrounding water in some parts of the ocean
- 17. The force of air pushing on an object
- 18. The movement of water between the atmosphere, land, oceans, and living things
- 20. Cold air mass moves under a warm air mass
- 22. short term condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place
- 23. any form of water that falls to earth from clouds (rain, snow, and hail)
- 27. A boundary between air masses
- 28. liquid water gains enough energy to escape the liquid surface and form water vapor (liquid-gas)
- 29. warm air mass catches up to and override a cold air mass
Down
- 1. stream like movements of ocean water in a regular pattern
- 2. prediction about the state of the atmosphere at a given place and time
- 4. warm moist air rising from a body of water mixes with cold dry air overhead resulting in precipitation, especially downwind
- 6. cold front slows down and stops as warm air moves towards it
- 8. release of water vapor into the air by plants
- 10. As earth rotates is its axis, wind and water in both hemispheres curve
- 12. driven by prevailing winds… they carry warm water away from the equator and cool water away from the poles
- 14. A large body of air that has similar temperature and humidity
- 15. Sunlight passes through the atmosphere and warms the surface of Earth. Some of the energy is absorbed by greenhouse gases (water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone) in the atmosphere. This phenomenon is what makes Earth warm enough for humans and may plants and animals to live
- 16. fast moving cold front catches up to a warm front where the warm air mass has risen over a cool air mass
- 19. cool dense air sinks to earth surface causing warm less dense air to rise
- 21. solid water changes directly to water vapor without first becoming a liquid
- 24. occurs during the winter months when normal atmospheric conditions (cool air above, warm air below) become inverted (or flipped). These trap a dense layer of cold air under a layer of warm air. The warm layer acts much like a lid, trapping pollutants in the cold air near the valley floor. The Wasatch Front valleys and their surrounding mountains act like a bowl, keeping this cold air in the valleys.
- 25. water that flows across earth's surface
- 26. a place’s distance above sea level