Lesson 1 and 2 Weather Review
Across
- 4. Instrument used to measure the amount of rainfall
- 6. Force of air against a unit of area
- 8. A person that predicts the weather
- 9. Cold area of high pressure
- 10. The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place
- 11. Line on a weather map connecting areas of equal pressure
- 12. Used to find wind direction
- 14. is the abbreviation for the National Weather Service that collects data meteorologists use
- 16. Instrument used to measure air pressure
- 18. Warm area of low pressure
- 20. An instrument used to measure relative humidity
Down
- 1. Weather ______ are a collection of instruments that measure temperature, air pressure, humidity and other things.
- 2. Weather ______ orbit the earth and provide views of cloud patterns
- 3. Amount of water vapor in the air
- 5. Rain, snow, sleet, hail
- 7. Amount of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that air can hold is ___ humidity
- 13. Measures wind speed
- 15. Large section of the atmosphere with the same temperature and humidity throughout
- 17. Sends out radio waves that bounce off rain or snow and returning waves show where precipitation is occurring
- 19. Moving boundary line between two air masses