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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Wind and Air Pressure
Complete the puzzle.
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ANEMOMETER
BAROMETER
JETSTREAMS
AIRPRESSURE
DECREASES
PRESSURIZED
PRESSURE
INCREASES
MERCURY
DISTANCE
STANDARD
VERTICAL
EAST
WINDVANE
WINDFARM
WEIGHT
NORTH
SOUTH
WIND
LOW
SPINS

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1.  Narrow bands of high-speed winds in the upper atmosphere. These winds are extremely important to pilots. (2 words)
4.  A system of many wind turbines, which work together to generate electricity. (2 words)
6.  Wind moves from areas of high pressure to areas of ____ pressure.
8.  Air pressure ____ as altitude increases.
9.  The unit of measurement for air pressure is usually inches of ____.
11.  A device that can be used to measure wind speed.
13.  The measurement of air pressure at sea level is called ____ air pressure.
14.  A device that shows wind direction with an arrow. (2 words)
15.  The difference in air ____ between two areas can cause winds.
18.  A wind blowing from the east to the west is called an ____ wind.
Across
2.  To predict winds, meteorologists use both the size of the pressure difference and the ____ between the high- and low-pressure areas.
3.  A wind blowing from the south to the north is call a ____ wind.
4.  The movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
5.  Doppler radar devices can give a reading of the ____ winds from the ground to an altitude of ten miles.
7.  Because Earth ____, winds curve as they blow.
10.  The instrument used to measure air pressure.
12.  Planes are ____ to about 75% of the normal sea level air pressure.
16.  When air in the atmosphere is cooled, air pressure ____.
17.  If the arrow on a wind vane points north, the wind is moving ____.
19.  The weight of air of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth. (2 words)
20.  Pressure is the ____ of the air.

 

Answer Key
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