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1. A high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere

2. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

3. The outer layer of the thermosphere - extending outward into space.

4. The ratio of the amount of water in the air at a give temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature

5. The layer closest to Earth - where almost all weather occurs; the thinnest layer

6. The global winds that blow constantly from the same direction

7. The change of energy from one form to another form to another - such as light to heat or the movement of energy from one object to another such as heat from a stove moving to your hand

8. The result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area

9. Cells of air circulation occurring between 60 degrees north and south and each pole.

10. A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground

11. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)

12. An instrument used to find the temperature of a material

13. The middle atmospheric circulation cell in each hemisphere air in these cells rises at 60 degrees latitude and falls at 30 degrees latitude

14. Prevailing winds that blow northeast from 30 degrees north latitude to the equator and that blow southeast from 30 degrees south latitude to the equator

15. An effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation

16. The uppermost layer of the atmosphere - in which temperature increases as altitude increases

17. A material - such as water that can absorb a large amount of energy - for its volume and releases the energy slowly

18. The layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases

19. Away from the direction from which the wind blows.

20. The mass of air surrounding the Earth

21. A device that measures wind speed.

22. A colorful - glowing display in the sky caused when particles from the sun strike oxygen and nitrogen atoms in the ionosphere; also called the Northern Lights

23. One langley or one calorie per square centimeter

24. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time

25. A measure of how cold it feels based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin caused by cold and wind

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