Weather Terms

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Across
  1. 3. to of the atmosphere,satellites orbit here,upper end of the Thermosphere,blends into space.
  2. 4. The change in pressure measured across a given distance.airpressure the change in pressure measure across a given distant
  3. 7. temperature increases with altitude,hottest layer (1000+ degrees F).
  4. 10. the lowest layer of the atmosphere, extending from the Earth’s surface to 6-10 km, within ich there is a steady drop in temperature with increasing altitude, loud formation and weather occurs here.
  5. 12. A radar tracking system using the Doppler effect to determine the location and velocity of a storm,clouds, precipitation.
  6. 13. Starts at the top of troposphere to about 50 km, where most jets fly, an ozone layer is found near the 50km mark. The temperature increases with altitude because ozone absorbs UV rays which warms the air.
  7. 14. A whirling mass of cool, dry air the generally brings fair weather and light winds. When viewed from above, winds spiral out of a HIGH PRESSURE center in a clockwise rotation in Northern. These bring sunny skies.
Down
  1. 1. A whirling mass of warm, moist air that generally brings fair weather with strong winds. When viewed above, winds spiral into LOW PRESSURE center in a counterclockwise rotation in Northern Hemisphere.
  2. 2. Is a shell of electrons and electrically charged and molecules, Aurora Borealis occurs here that is in the lower end of the Thermosphere.
  3. 5. rays invisible rays that come from the sun, can burn skin, and cause skin cancer.
  4. 6. 50-80 km above the earth's surface,coldest layer of the atmosphere & temperature decreases with altitude, meteors burn in this layer.
  5. 8. The movement caused within a fluid (like air) by warmer, less dense material to rise, and colder,denser material to sink,resulting in heart transfer.
  6. 9. Is a large volume of air in the atmosphere that is mostly uniform in temperature and moisture.
  7. 11. A form of oxygen,O3;in the upper atmosphere, it absorbs ultraviolet rays,thereby preventing them from reaching the surface of the earth. This is sandwiched between the top of the Stratosphere and the bottom of the Mesosphere.