Weather Crossword (Part 1)

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  1. 2. The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of heated material from one place to another.
  2. 3. The greenhouse gases are good at absorbing ________- wavelength infrared heat energy emitted from Earth’s surface.
  3. 6. A value that compares the amount of water vapor in the air with the amount the air could hold if it were totally saturated.
  4. 8. The percentage of sun’s energy that enters Earth’s atmosphere that is absorbed by the land (lithosphere) and ocean (hydrosphere).
  5. 9. Humid rainy skies are associated with ___________ pressure systems.
  6. 11. This refers to all the water components of our earth, solid or liquid or gaseous forms.
  7. 12. Warm air is ______ dense than cold air.
  8. 13. All warm objects emit this type of radiation.
  9. 16. Microscopic particles of dust, smog, mist, and other very fine particles that are suspended in the atmosphere.
  10. 18. Dry air is ______ dense than humid air.
  11. 20. True or False: Water is considered a good heat sink.
  12. 21. The _________ of a surface is one factor that will affect how much solar energy is absorbed...better plan your outfits for warm summer days!
  13. 22. True or False: Water cools (loses heat) much more slowly than land .
  14. 23. All weather occurs here.
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  1. 1. The pressure exerted by the mass of air above any point on Earth’s surface.
  2. 4. Any substance that can absorb and retain a “pool” or reservoir of energy without undergoing a change of state.
  3. 5. True or False: Earth maintains a temperature balance by radiating as much energy into space as it absorbs from the sun.
  4. 7. Temperature at which air is saturated with water vapor so that it condenses and falls as precipitation.
  5. 10. The term that refers to the reflectivity of a surface—how much energy it reflects.
  6. 14. Oxygen and this gas make up about 99 percent of dry air?
  7. 15. Thermal energy transfer that occurs between substances that are in direct physical contact with each other.
  8. 17. The troposphere extends for the first ____ km of the atmosphere.
  9. 19. When warm air pushes into an area of cold air near the ground, the atmospheric pressure in that location will ______.
  10. 24. Clear Dry skies are associated with ___________ pressure systems.