Wind and Air Pressure Crossword Puzzle

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Wind and Air Pressure Crossword Puzzle

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  • air pressure : this acts on an object in all directions (2)
  • anemometer : this instrument measures wind speed.
  • standard pressure : the term when a barometer is at 29.92" hg and 59 degrees f at sea level (2)
  • unequal : pressure difference that make wind happen is what kind of heating?
  • right : winds go in this direction when one is going in toward the south when experiencing the coriolis effect.
  • monsoons : land masses that have low pressure systems permitting air to flow from one major water
  • rises : when air pressure increases mercury in an air tube _
  • eastern pacific : la nina is triggered by colder than normal water in this location. (2)
  • cyclones : pressure decreases form the outer isobars from the center in _
  • convergence : the net inward movement of air in a low pressure system causing the air mass to shrink is called horizontal _
  • equator : the atmosphere balances unequal heating of the earth's surface by moving cool air toward the _ source to the land creates.
  • surface : local winds are caused by either topographic effect or by variations in _ composition.
  • jet stream : this is the most prominent type of airflow above the friction layer.(2)
  • mercury : an aneroid barometer does not have this in it to measure pressure.
  • torricelli : the person who received created for making the barometer
  • west east : weather in the us is moved by the westerlies in a(an) _ to _ direction
  • isobars : lines on a map that connect places of equal air pressure
  • anticyclone : this is also known as a high pressure system.
  • solar radiation : the ultimate source of energy for most wind (2)
  • inward : the effect of friction on the net flow of air around cyclones cause air to flow _