Weather and Climate Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: winds : movement of air that redistributes the sun's heat over the earth's surface, revolution : when the earth revolves, or moves, around the sun in a nearly circular path called an orbit, rotation : when the earth moves through space and it spins on its axis, latitude : distance from the equator, equinoxes : markers for seasonal change occur around march 21 and september 21, global warming : according to scientists: the increasing amounts of carbon dioxide and other substances in the earth's atmosphere that is causing a rise in the earth's temperature, convection : the transfer of heat from one place to another, greenhouse effect : is the process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be without its atmosphere, currents : distributing heat by carrying warm water from the tropics to the poles, precipitation : all forms of water that fall from the atmosphere onto the earth's surface, solstices : occur around june 21 and december 21 and the sun appears directly overhead at the tropics of capricorn and cancer, weather : condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time, climate : weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time