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Weather and Climate

Across
The transfer of heat from one place to another
When the earth moves through space and it spins on its axis
According to scientists: The increasing amounts of carbon dioxide and other substances in the earth's atmosphere that is causing a rise in the earth's temperature
Condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time
Markers for seasonal change occur around March 21 and September 21
When hot, humid air rises from the earth's surface and cools, thereby losing its ability to hold much water
Distributing heat by carrying warm water from the tropics to the poles
The most common kind of precipitation occurring when 2 air masses of different temperatures meet
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When warm , moist air is forced upward when passing over high landforms, causing precipitation
When the earth revolves, or moves, around the sun in a nearly circular path called an orbit.
Movement of air that redistributes the sun's heat over the earth's surface
Weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time
Distance from the equator
is the process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be without its atmosphere
All forms of water that fall from the atmosphere onto the earth's surface
Occur around June 21 and December 21 and the sun appears directly overhead at the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer