Weather, Climate, and Currents Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• ocean current : the global movement of water in the deep ocean created by differences in temperature and salinity (salt content), moving like a conveyor belt
• weather : the condition of earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
• cold front : forms when cold air moves under warm air which is less dense and pushes air up (produces thunderstorms heavy rain or snow
• jet stream : a high-speed high-altitude air-stream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere
• land breeze : movement of air from land to sea at night, created when cooler, denser air from the land forces up warmer air over the sea
• convection : process by which, in a fluid being heated, the warmer part of the mass will rise and the cooler portions will sink.
• sea breeze : movement of air from sea to land during the day when cooler air from above the water moves over the land, forcing the heated, less dense air above the land to rise
• warm front : a front where warm air moves over cold air and brings drizzly rain and then are followed by warm and clear weather
• troposphere : the layer of the atmosphere where most weather occurs
• atmosphere : the layer of gases that surround earth
• global wind pattern : air movements that are caused by pressure belts, convection cells, and earth's rotation
• air pressure : a force that is the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.
• gulf stream : a warm ocean current that flows from the gulf of mexico northward through the atlantic ocean toward europe
• climate : the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
• radiation : energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles.
• conduction : form of heat transfer where heat energy is directly transferred between objects and molecules through direct contact.
• wind : the movement of air due to atmospheric pressure differences
• air mass : a huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height
• stationary front : a boundary between air masses that don't move possibly causing rain for several days
• local wind pattern : local winds are winds that blow over a limited area and blow between small low and high pressure systems.