Across
- 4. current off NL which is slow and warm
- 6. current off NL which is fast and cold
- 8. instrument used to measure precipitation
- 11. a storm with lightning, thunder, heavy rain, and sometimes hail
- 12. instrument used to measure temperature
- 13. the amount of water vapour in the air
- 14. the transfer of energy through the collision of particles in a solid
- 16. the average kinetic energy of the particles of a substance
- 18. instrument that uses radio waves sent in to the atmosphere to view precipitation
- 19. pressure system-air masses that travel over warm land or oceans may develop into ____
- 21. water on or near Earth’s surface
- 23. instrument used to study the upper atmosphere
- 24. pressure system-when an air mass cools over an ocean or a cold region on land
- 25. a severe component of a thunderstorm in which a rotating funnel of air extends from the base of the thunderstorm clouds to the ground
- 26. pressure the force of the atmosphere on the surface below it
- 30. the portion of the sky that is covered by clouds
- 31. any liquid or solid form of water that falls to Earth from the atmosphere
- 34. a severe snow storm with strong winds and low temperatures
- 35. the vertical transfer of energy through fluids by the movement of particles
- 36. the horizontal transfer of energy through fluids by the movement of particles
- 37. any substance that can absorb and retain energy without changing state
- 38. instrument used to measure wind speed
- 41. global wind pattern between 30 and 60 degrees latitude
- 43. instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
- 45. made up of the land-forming continental crust above sea level and oceanic crust at the ocean bottom
- 46. the transfer of energy by means of waves
Down
- 1. the first 12km of the atmosphere, the region in which all weather takes place
- 2. instrument that detects radiation in the upper atmosphere and provide cloud cover images
- 3. water at the equator absorbs the intense, direct rays of the sun and becomes heated
- 5. a severe cyclone that occurs in the western Atlantic ocean, the Caribbean sea, the gulf of Mexico, or the eastern Pacific ocean
- 7. thermal energy transfer in which atoms or molecules give off energy as electromagnetic waves
- 9. high altitude, fast moving winds in the troposphere that generally flow from west to east over the mid-latitudes
- 10. massive high-energy low pressure systems which have resulted from the large amounts of energy from hot, tropical marine air masses spinning off of equatorial ocean areas
- 11. a severe cyclone that develops in the northwestern Pacific ocean or the China sea
- 12. global wind pattern from the Equator to 30 degrees latitude
- 15. describes patterns of weather conditions in a large region over a long period of time—years, decades, centuries, and even longer
- 17. instrument used to measure relative humidity
- 20. the physical conditions of the atmosphere at a specific time and place
- 22. humidity compares the amount of water vapour in the air with the amount if it were totally saturated
- 27. effect causes circulating air to be deflected in different directions in the northern and southern hemispheres
- 28. instrument used to measure absolute humidity
- 29. consists of all the areas on and under the lithosphere, in the atmosphere, and the hydrosphere that are inhabited by and support life
- 32. global wind pattern between 60 degrees and the Pole
- 33. are powerful storms that bring high winds, heavy precipitation, flooding, and surging waves
- 36. large bodies of air in which temperature and moisture content at a specific height are the same
- 39. the temperature at which air is saturated with water vapour so that it condenses and falls as precipitation
- 40. how quickly air is travelling
- 42. the reflectivity of a surface – how much energy it reflects
- 44. zone that develops as a result of the meeting of two air masses with different characteristics