Weather Review 2024

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Across
  1. 4. the weight of air molecules pressing down on Earth
  2. 8. most abundant element in our atmosphere
  3. 12. Type of precipitation: begins frozen, melts and remains liquid
  4. 13. the atmosphere covers the Earth like a _____
  5. 18. the measure of how hot or cold something is (the amount of thermal energy)
  6. 19. type of precipitation: begins frozen, melts, refreezes as ice pellets
  7. 22. measures wind speed
  8. 23. hottest layer of the atmosphere, satellites orbit here, thickest layer
  9. 24. balloons and _____ can fly in the Stratosphere
  10. 25. 2nd most abundant element in our atmosphere
  11. 26. the atmosphere protects the Earth from damaging ______ _____
  12. 27. type of precipitation: begins frozen and stay frozen all the way to the ground
  13. 28. closest to the earth, thinnest layer, weather found here
  14. 30. type of precipitation: begins frozen, melts, freezes, melts, and hits the surface as a liquid but immediately freezes
Down
  1. 1. fades into space
  2. 2. coldest layer of the atmosphere
  3. 3. measures wind direction
  4. 5. moisture (water vapor) in the air
  5. 6. measures air pressure
  6. 7. the distance from Earth’s surface
  7. 9. the overall weather patterns over a long period of time in a specific location
  8. 10. protects earth and living things from UV rays
  9. 11. temperature increases as altitude increases because the ozone layer is found here
  10. 14. Example used to describe freezing rain
  11. 15. ______ burn up in the Mesosphere
  12. 16. Air pressure (increases, decreases) through all the layers in the atmosphere
  13. 17. measures thermal energy (how hot or cold)
  14. 20. contains all the gases on our planet
  15. 21. the atmosphere helps to control ______ (the condition outside right now)
  16. 22. a mixture of gaseous elements and compounds
  17. 29. measures amount of rainfall