Weather and Atmosphere Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: wind : caused by uneven heating of land and water which causes a rising and sinking of warm and cool air masses creating convection currents, freezing : water changing from liquid to solid, barometer : measures air pressure, troposphere : atmospheric layer where weather happens; temperature decreases with altitude, high : winds always move from _ to low pressure, stratosphere : atmospheric layer that includes the ozone layer; temp increases with altitude, hurricanes : form over equator in ocean; strong winds, heavy rain, big waves, flooding, carbon dioxide : this gas only accounts for .04% of the atmosphere, storms : natural disturbances involving air pressure, clouds, precipitation and strong winds, melting : water changing from solid to liquid, mesosphere : atmospheric layer where meteors burn up; temp decreases with altitude, cirrus : clouds with high altitude, cold, condensation : water vapor changes to liquid, thunderstorms : cumulus becomes cumulonimbus due to rising air; strong winds and heavy rain, nitrogen : our atmosphere is made up of 78% _ , protection : air quality is monitored by the epa or environmental _ agency, decreases : air pressure _ as altitude increases, weather : temperature, precipitation, humidity, air pressure, and wind, tornadoes : funnel cloud produced by severe thunderstorms; extremely low pressure, floods : overflowing of large amounts of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land, meteorologist : who predicts the weather, evaporation : water changing from liquid to gas, atmosphere : mixture of gases above earth's surface, climate : average temperature, precipitation, humidity, air pressure, and wind over time in a particular place, oxygen : 21% of the atmosphere consists of this gas