Across
- 2. - refers to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity
- 4. - a physical quantity that expresses hot and cold
- 6. pressure - the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of the air
- 7. - the averaging of atmospheric conditions over long periods of time
- 11. -an expert in or student of meteorology; a weather forecaster
- 14. - scale of temperature on which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212° under standard conditions.
- 16. - a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region
- 17. - is the leading edge of a cooler mass of air at ground level that replaces a warmer mass of air
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- 3. - an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind
- 5. - a device that measures temperature
- 8. - rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground
- 9. - a conical textile tube e used as a basic guide to wind direction and speed
- 10. - an instrument used for showing the direction of the wind
- 12. - the transition zone where a warm air mass is replacing a cold air mass
- 13. warming - a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants
- 15. gauge a device for collecting and measuring the amount of rain which falls