Across
- 3. Transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves
- 5. The amount of water vapor in a volume of air relative to the amount of water vapor needed for that volume of air to reach saturation
- 6. Lines of equal temperature
- 7. A channel of partially charged air
- 10. A weather instrument that measures the humidity
- 11. Layered sheet like cloud that covers much or all of the sky in a given area
- 13. A violent whirling column of air in contact with the ground
- 14. Transfer of thermal energy by the movement of heated material from one place to another
- 17. Amount of water vapor in the atmosphere
- 19. The area over which the air mass forms
- 20. Self sustaining, extremely powerful storms
- 21. This effect results in fluids and objects moving in apparent curved path rather than a straight line
- 25. All forms of water that fall from clouds to the ground
- 26. A narrow band of fast wind
- 29. Transfer of thermal energy between objects when their atoms or molecules collide
- 31. A small particle in the atmosphere around which water droplets can form
- 32. An instrument used for gathering upper-atmospheric data
- 33. The outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere, this layer has no clear boundary and is found 500 km to more than 10,000 km above Earth’s surface
- 34. Short term variations in atmospheric phenomena that interact and affect the environment and life on Earth
- 38. Forecast created by applying physical principles and mathematics to atmospheric variables and then making a prediction about how these variables will change over time
- 42. A large volume of air that has the same characteristics, such as humidity and temperature
- 43. A record of weather data for a particular site at a particular time
- 45. A collision of two air masses
- 47. A weather instrument that measures temperature
- 48. Air temperature decreases with altitude and is located 50 km to 100 km above Earth’s surface
- 49. The layer in which the air temperature mainly increases with altitude and contains the ozone layer
Down
- 1. A thunderstorm that occurs when an air mass rises near an orographic lifting.
- 2. Violent downdrafts that are concentrated in a local area
- 4. Increase in temperature with height and atmospheric layer
- 5. A branched channel of positively charged particles
- 8. The wind systems on Earth located between latitudes of 30* North through 60* North, and 30* South through 60* South
- 9. This layer is located between 100 km to 500 km above Earth’s surface and the extremely low density of air causes the temperature to rise
- 12. When an air mass is forced to rise over a topographic barrier
- 15. Lines of equal pressure
- 16. A weather instrument that measures wind speed
- 18. Temperature to which air must be cooled at constant pressure to reach saturation
- 22. When air rises because of unequal heating of earth's surface within one air mass this creates a thunderstorm called ______.
- 23. These clouds often have a wispy and distinct appearance as they form high in the sky
- 24. These clouds are puffy looking and usually occur below 2,000 meters
- 27. Thunderstorms that form because of the different release of energy from the land and the water
- 28. The change in pitch or frequency that occurs due to the relative motion of a wave
- 30. Between latitudes 30* North and 30* South are two circulation belts of wind
- 35. The lowest atmospheric layer and contains the most mass of the atmosphere
- 36. Long term average of variations in weather for a particular area
- 37. The wind zones between 60* North Latitude and the North Pole and 60* South Latitude and the South Pole
- 39. Occurs when the amount of water vapor in a volume of air has reached the maximum amount
- 40. Extended periods of well below average rain fall
- 41. When cloud droplets collide and join together to form a larger droplet
- 44. A weather instrument that measures air pressure
- 46. The extra thermal energy contained in water vapor compared to liquid water