Weather & Climate Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. High clouds that look like tiny cotton balls bunched together
  2. 4. Some precipitation soaks into the ground
  3. 5. Fluffy clouds that are flat on the bottom and usually mean fair weather
  4. 9. Low-level cloud that forms in layers and usually brings rain
  5. 12. the conditions of Earth’s atmosphere at a certain time and place
  6. 13. Water condenses (changes from a gas into a liquid) into water droplets. These water droplets form clouds
  7. 16. Forms when drops of rain freeze in the cloud and are carried higher into the cloud freezing over and over before falling to Earth’s surface
  8. 20. Water evaporates (changes from a liquid to a gas) into water vapor due to heat from the Sun
  9. 21. Dark gray covering cloud that usually brings rain
Down
  1. 1. Precipitation collects in rivers, streams, oceans, and lakes allowing it to be evaporated and begin the water cycle again
  2. 3. Thin clouds that look like feathers and form high in the sky; usually bring fair weather
  3. 6. Rain that freezes as it falls to Earth’s surface
  4. 7. When clouds become too heavy, the water droplets fall to Earth’s surface in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail
  5. 8. the layers of air that surround Earth’s surface
  6. 10. Falls when the temperature in the cloud is below freezing (32°F)
  7. 11. Precipitation that flows downhill on Earth’s surface to rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans
  8. 14. Low puffy, gray clouds that can sometimes produce rain
  9. 15. Tall clouds that bring thunderstorms
  10. 17. Small, white, puffy, middle level cloud
  11. 18. Falling drops of liquid water
  12. 19. Cloud that forms close to the ground