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 _