Earth Science Weather Crossword By: Matt Goorsky
Across
- 2. change vapor to water
- 3. used to compare the actual amount of water vapor in the air
- 4. amount of water vapor actually present in the air
- 8. tiny particles on which water vapor condenses
- 10. upper layer of the atmosphere
- 11. change from water to vapor
- 13. layer of the atmosphere reflects radio waves
- 16. formed by vertically rising air currents and are piled in thick puffy masses
- 17. low sheets or layers of clouds
- 18. concentric frozen ice
- 19. ocean water that becomes warmer off the coast of South America
- 20. the temperature at which saturation occurs
Down
- 1. height of the flat cloud base which shows where the water vapor begins to condense
- 5. wanderer
- 6. water vapor that condenses on surfaces such as grass
- 7. gases which threaten to destroy the ozone layer
- 9. water below zero that does not freeze
- 12. used to measure relative humidity
- 14. thin feathery clouds that are very high and are always made of ice crystals
- 15. transfer/movement of warm or cold air by horizontal winds