Weather
Across
- 1. Transfer of heat by collision of particles in fluid
- 3. Gray, puffy, mid-level clouds
- 10. A box of weather instruments carried by a weather balloon
- 14. A person who studies the atmosphere
- 16. Rain,hail,sleet,snow,drizzle
- 17. Thin, wispy, high-level clouds
- 18. The narrow boundary or zone where 2 distinct air masses collide
- 19. A line on the weather map that connects points of equal atmospheric pressure
- 20. Phase change of a substance from a gas to a liquid
Down
- 2. A measure of the average speed of molecules
- 4. Dirty fog
- 5. Direct transition from a solid to a gas
- 6. A narrow, high altitude band of strong winds (2/1)
- 7. The upward force exerted on an object in fluid that causes less dense objects to float
- 8. Temperature at which air must be cooled to become saturated with water vapor ( 2/1)
- 9. Dark gray, low-level cloud layers associated with continuous rain or snow
- 11. Large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture characteristics (2/1)
- 12. Area near to the equator characterized by light winds and low atmospheric pressure
- 13. Layer of Earth's atmosphere characterized by decreasing temperature with altitude
- 15. Also called typhoons or cyclones depending on where they form