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the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.
the process of turning from liquid into vapor
water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
he emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles that cause ionization.
the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat.
the process by which sound waves travel through a medium.
the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
the lowest region of the atmosphere, extending from the earth's surface to a height of about 3.7–6.2 miles (6–10 km), which is the lower boundary of the stratosphere.
the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 30 and 50 miles (50 and 80 km) in altitude.
the very highest levels of a profession or other sphere, or of prices or other quantities.
the region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases to have the properties of a continuous medium
something that reflects changes in circumstances or opinions.
is the force which results when there is a difference in pressure across a surface.
an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force (the Coriolis force ) acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation. On the earth, the effect tends to deflect moving objects to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern and is important in the formation of cyclonic weather systems.
a wind blowing steadily toward the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere or the southeast in the southern hemisphere, especially at sea.
a narrow, variable band of very strong, predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth.
a region having little rainfall because it is sheltered from prevailing rain-bearing winds by a range of hills.
the process or state of converging.
the quality of being hot; high temperature.
the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
the proportion of the incident light or radiation that is reflected by a surface, typically that of a planet or moon.
the process or state of converging.
type of cloud
type of cloud
type of cloud
type of cloud
the amount of water vapor present in air expressed as a percentage of the amount needed for saturation at the same temperature.
the measure of water vapor (moisture) in the air, regardless of temperature.
another term for atmospheric pressure.
a line on a map connecting points having the same temperature at a given time or on average over a given period.
the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface.

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What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

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