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Atmosphere: the gasses that surround the earth.
Air Pressure: a measure of the amount of pressure being. exerted on a location by the atmosphere.
Humidity: a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
Air Mass: a large body of air with relatively uniform characteristics.
Weather Front: the boundary between two air masses.
Prevailing Winds: the directional wind that usually occurs in a region.
Psychrometer: instrument that measures humidity.
Barometer: instrument that measures air pressure
Anemometer: instrument that measures wind speed
Conduction: the transfer of energy by direct contact
Convection: the transfer of energy by the circular movement of a liquid or gas
Radiation: the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
Gulfstream: a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico across the Atlantic to the coast of Europe
Gyre: a large system of rotating ocean currents
Hurricane: a large rotating storm with very low air pressure that begins over warm ocean waves
Weather Words
Across:| 2. | the directional wind that usually occurs in a region. | | 3. | the boundary between two air masses. | | 5. | a large system of rotating ocean currents | | 10. | a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico across the Atlantic to the coast of Europe |
| | 12. | a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air. | | 13. | the transfer of energy by direct contact | | 14. | a measure of the amount of pressure being. exerted on a location by the atmosphere. | | 15. | instrument that measures air pressure |
| | Down:| 1. | a large rotating storm with very low air pressure that begins over warm ocean waves | | 4. | a large body of air with relatively uniform characteristics. | | 6. | the transfer of energy by the circular movement of a liquid or gas | | 7. | instrument that measures wind speed |
| | 8. | the gasses that surround the earth. | | 9. | the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves | | 11. | instrument that measures humidity. |
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Weather Words
Across:| 2. | the directional wind that usually occurs in a region. | | 3. | the boundary between two air masses. | | 5. | a large system of rotating ocean currents | | 10. | a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico across the Atlantic to the coast of Europe |
| | 12. | a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air. | | 13. | the transfer of energy by direct contact | | 14. | a measure of the amount of pressure being. exerted on a location by the atmosphere. | | 15. | instrument that measures air pressure |
| | Down:| 1. | a large rotating storm with very low air pressure that begins over warm ocean waves | | 4. | a large body of air with relatively uniform characteristics. | | 6. | the transfer of energy by the circular movement of a liquid or gas | | 7. | instrument that measures wind speed |
| | 8. | the gasses that surround the earth. | | 9. | the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves | | 11. | instrument that measures humidity. |
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