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

 

VERTICAL
AIRPRESSURE
PRESSURIZED
PRESSURE
DECREASES
INCREASES
JETSTREAMS
ANEMOMETER
BAROMETER
MERCURY
STANDARD
EAST
WINDVANE
WINDFARM
WEIGHT
NORTH
SPINS
SOUTH
WIND
LOW
WINDMILL
DISTANCE

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

 

Answer Key
1W
2S
OUTH
3D
ISTANCE
4W
EIGHT
NA
D
5N
ORTH
M
6W
IND
7V
ANED
IIEA
8L
O
9W
N
10P
RESSURE
LIDTD
NI
DC
11P
12D
13J
F
14A
IRPRESSURE
A
15B
LECT
RASRS
16M
ERCURYS
17E
ASTT
OUAR
M
18I
NCREASE
19S
E
EIEPA
TZSIM
20A
NEMOMETERNS
RDS