Across
- 2. the transfer of heat or energy through direct contact between particles of matter
- 5. a climate pattern that describes when surface ocean waters along the tropical west coast of South America coo
- 7. the flow of electrical charge
- 9. a wind that blows from the ocean or sea towards the land
- 10. a narrow band of fast-moving air currents high up in the Earth's atmosphere, typically blowing from west to east, which forms at the boundaries between large temperature differences in the air, significantly impacting weather patterns across the globe
- 11. the movement of air
- 12. the apparent deflection of moving objects, like air currents or ocean currents, to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere, caused by the Earth's rotation on its axis, resulting in curved paths rather than straight ones
Down
- 1. a type of radiation that consists of oscillating electric and magnetic fields propagating through space, transferring energy without needing a medium to travel through, and always traveling at the speed of light
- 3. a natural process that warms the Earth by trapping heat from the sun in the atmosphere
- 4. The denser cool air over the land is flowing offshore to replenish the buoyant warm air
- 6. the energy contained within a system due to the random movement of its molecules
- 7. the process of heat transfer through the movement of a fluid (like air or water), where warmer, less dense parts rise and cooler, denser parts sink, creating a circulating flow of heat energy
- 8. energy that travels through space or matter in the form of waves or particles, emitted from a source and capable of being absorbed by other matter
- 13. a naturally occurring climate pattern that involves unusually warm ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean