Across
- 4. force that is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area
- 5. lowest layer of the Earths atmosphere where weather occurs
- 7. direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
- 9. transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
- 10. day marking the beginning of the spring when day light equals night time
- 11. a body of air with certain temperature and moisture characteristics depending on where it's been
- 12. process by which heat is trapped in the atmosphere by certain gases
- 15. distance from the equator measured in degrees
- 16. average year-after-year conditions of temperature precipitation winds and clouds in an area.
- 17. layer of gases that surrounds Earth
- 19. moist cold air mass
- 22. this and the earth's revolution cause the changing seasons
- 24. instrument used to measure changes in air pressure.
- 25. one of the greenhouse gases
- 26. horizontal movement of air from area of high pressure to area of lower pressure
Down
- 1. day when the noontime sun is directly overhead at the tropic of capricorn
- 2. day marking the beginning of fall when day light equals night time
- 3. day when the noontime sun is directly overhead at the tropic of cancer
- 6. gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere
- 8. the ground acting as a sponge to energy
- 13. Air moving from water to land after the land heats up making low pressure.
- 14. instrument used to measure temperature
- 18. movement of Earth around the sun
- 20. spinning motion of Earth about its axis
- 21. the most abundant gas in the atmosphere
- 23. condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place