Chapter 4 Vocab. Crossword

The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
A natural electrical phenomenon in the sky.
Occurring without gain or loss of heat.
A large-scale atmospheric convection cell in which air rises at the equator and sinks at medium latitudes, typically about 30° north or south.
A spiral; a vortex.
A rising of seawater, magma, or other liquid.
A layer in the earth's stratosphere at an altitude of about 6.2 miles
Something headed in a straight direction, but being thrown off course by the Earth's rotation.
The stage at which no more of a substance can be absorbed into a vapor or dissolved into a solution.
The lowest region of the atmosphere.
The fraction of incident radiation (as light) that is reflected by a surface or body (as the moon or a cloud).
The circulation of ocean currents throughout the world.
A region having little rainfall because it is sheltered from prevailing rain-bearing winds by a range of hills.
Characterized by the appearance of unusually warm, nutrient-poor water off northern Peru and Ecuador, typically in late December.
The layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere.