Across
- 6. a continous moving band of fabric, rubber, or metal used for moving objects to one place to another
- 8. the emission of energy as elctro-magnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles
- 11. the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference between of temperature or of electrical potential regions. without movement of the material
- 12. an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation
- 14. the weather conditions prevailing in general or over a long period
- 15. a whirling mass of cool dry air that generally brings fair weather and light winds
- 16. the perceptible natural movement of the air
- 17. a storm with a violent wind
- 19. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object
Down
- 1. an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure
- 2. water movement which extends to depths of 3-10 feat below the surface in nearshore areas, and to about 33 feat in deep ocean areas
- 3. an irregularly occuring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years
- 4. a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surounding locations
- 5. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time
- 7. the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air, in particular the trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system
- 9. a collection of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other.
- 10. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0
- 11. current in afluid that results from convection
- 13. a cooling of the water in the equatorial pacific, which occurs at irregular intervals and is assoiciated with widespread changes in weather patterns complementary to those of El Nino, but less extensive and damaging in their effects.
- 18. the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air, in particular the leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system