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Air Mass: A large body of air with only small horizontal variations of temperature, pressure, and moisture.
Cold Front: Forms when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass, forcing the warm air to rise.
Warm Front: Forms when a moist, warm air mass slides up and over a cold air mass.
Occluded Front: Forms when a warm air mass gets caught between two cold air masses. The warm air mass rises as the cold air masses push and meet in the middle.
Stationary Front: Forms when warm and cold air meet and neither air mass has the force move the other. They remain stationary, or “standing"
Greenhouse Effect: The heating of Earth’s surface and atmosphere from solar radiation being absorbed and emitted by the atmosphere; mainly by water vapor and carbon dioxide.
Global Warming: The increase in temperatures of Earth and the atmosphere due to increased carbon dioxide levels.
Humid Subtropical Climate: A climate generally located on the eastern side of a continent and characterized by hot, sultry summers and cool winters.
Marine West Coast Climate: winters are mild, and summers are cool.
Tropical Wet and Dry Climate: Have temperatures and total precipitation similar to those in the wet tropics, but experience distinct periods of low precipitation.
Wet Tropical Climate: Have high temperatures and much annual precipitation.
Subarctic Climate: Winters in these regions are long and bitterly cold, but summers in the subarctic are warm and very short.
Atmosphere/Global Climate
Across:| 2. | Have temperatures and total precipitation similar to those in the wet tropics, but experience distinct periods of low precipitation. | | 4. | Forms when a moist, warm air mass slides up and over a cold air mass. | | 5. | A climate generally located on the eastern side of a continent and characterized by hot, sultry summers and cool winters. | | 6. | Forms when warm and cold air meet and neither air mass has the force move the other. They remain stationary, or “standing" |
| | 9. | A large body of air with only small horizontal variations of temperature, pressure, and moisture. | | 10. | Forms when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass, forcing the warm air to rise. | | 11. | The heating of Earth’s surface and atmosphere from solar radiation being absorbed and emitted by the atmosphere; mainly by water vapor and carbon dioxide. |
| | Down:| 1. | The increase in temperatures of Earth and the atmosphere due to increased carbon dioxide levels. | | 3. | winters are mild, and summers are cool. | | 4. | Have high temperatures and much annual precipitation. |
| | 7. | Forms when a warm air mass gets caught between two cold air masses. The warm air mass rises as the cold air masses push and meet in the middle. | | 8. | Winters in these regions are long and bitterly cold, but summers in the subarctic are warm and very short. |
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Atmosphere/Global Climate
Across:| 2. | Have temperatures and total precipitation similar to those in the wet tropics, but experience distinct periods of low precipitation. | | 4. | Forms when a moist, warm air mass slides up and over a cold air mass. | | 5. | A climate generally located on the eastern side of a continent and characterized by hot, sultry summers and cool winters. | | 6. | Forms when warm and cold air meet and neither air mass has the force move the other. They remain stationary, or “standing" |
| | 9. | A large body of air with only small horizontal variations of temperature, pressure, and moisture. | | 10. | Forms when a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass, forcing the warm air to rise. | | 11. | The heating of Earth’s surface and atmosphere from solar radiation being absorbed and emitted by the atmosphere; mainly by water vapor and carbon dioxide. |
| | Down:| 1. | The increase in temperatures of Earth and the atmosphere due to increased carbon dioxide levels. | | 3. | winters are mild, and summers are cool. | | 4. | Have high temperatures and much annual precipitation. |
| | 7. | Forms when a warm air mass gets caught between two cold air masses. The warm air mass rises as the cold air masses push and meet in the middle. | | 8. | Winters in these regions are long and bitterly cold, but summers in the subarctic are warm and very short. |
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