Big Idea 7: Water Cycle and Weather
Across
- 4. A state of matter that has volume but takes the shape of its container.
- 6. The process of liquid water changing into water vapor.
- 9. The force of air pushing down on Earth's surface.
- 11. A tool used to measure temperature.
- 14. The forms—solid, liquid, and gas—that materials can exist in.
- 17. Rain that freezes into ice pellets before hitting the ground.
- 18. The measure of how hot or cold the air is.
- 19. A tool that shows which direction the wind is blowing.
- 20. Ice crystals that form when water vapor freezes in clouds.
- 21. The amount of water vapor in the air.
- 23. An instrument that measures air pressure.
- 26. The process of water vapor changing into liquid water.
- 27. A tool used to measure humidity.
- 28. A state of matter that has a definite shape and volume.
Down
- 1. How fast the air is moving from one place to another.
- 2. Frozen balls of ice that fall during strong storms.
- 3. A tool used to measure wind speed.
- 5. The continuous movement of water through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
- 7. Water that falls from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
- 8. Water that flows over the ground into rivers, lakes, and oceans.
- 10. Flat, gray clouds that often bring light rain or drizzle.
- 12. A tool used to measure how much rain has fallen.
- 13. Tall, dark clouds that bring thunderstorms.
- 15. Fluffy, white clouds that look like cotton balls.
- 16. The way the wind is moving across Earth's surface.
- 22. A state of matter with no fixed shape or volume.
- 24. The day-to-day conditions of the air around us.
- 25. Liquid water that falls from clouds.
- 26. Thin, wispy clouds found high in the sky.