Across
- 4. A large body of air that has similar temperature and humidity
- 10. short term condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place
- 11. warm air mass catches up to and override a cold air mass
- 13. liquid water gains enough energy to escape the liquid surface and form water vapor (liquid-gas)
- 15. stream like movements of ocean water in a regular pattern
- 16. water that flows across earth's surface
- 17. solid water changes directly to water vapor without first becoming a liquid
- 19. A boundary between air masses
- 20. driven by prevailing winds… they carry warm water away from the equator and cool water away from the poles
- 22. 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.
- 24. fast moving cold front catches up to a warm front where the warm air mass has risen over a cool air mass
- 25. Measured amount of water vapor in the air
- 26. The movement of water between the atmosphere, land, oceans, and living things
- 28. warm moist air rising from a body of water mixes with cold dry air overhead resulting in precipitation, especially downwind
- 29. prediction about the state of the atmosphere at a given place and time
Down
- 1. any form of water that falls to earth from clouds (rain, snow, and hail)
- 2. how hot or cold something is, which has to do with the motion of the particles that make up matter
- 3. release of water vapor into the air by plants
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. a place’s distance above sea level
- 8. average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
- 9. cool dense air sinks to earth surface causing warm less dense air to rise
- 12. The force of air pushing on an object
- 14. a surface current that moves water from the Gulf of Mexico northeast toward Europe
- 18. cold front slows down and stops as warm air moves towards it
- 21. water that seeps below earth's surface into spaces in rock and soil
- 23. As earth rotates is its axis, wind and water in both hemispheres curve
- 27. Cold air mass moves under a warm air mass