Physical Geography: Chapter 6

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Across
  1. 1. Collections of minute droplets of liquid water or tiny crystals of ice.
  2. 4. Process whereby a substance converts from a solid directly to a gas without passing through a liquid state.
  3. 6. Humidity Factor that describes how close the air is to saturation with water vapor.
  4. 7. Cycle The perpetual circulation of our planet’s water supply.
  5. 9. Point The temperature to which air must cool in order to saturate.
  6. 12. When plants give up moisture through their leaves.
  7. 13. The ability of water to "stick" to other substances.
  8. 14. Cloud on the ground.
Down
  1. 1. Clouds are massive and rounded, usually with a flat base and limited horizontal extent.
  2. 2. Clouds that appear as grayish sheets that cover most or all of the sky.
  3. 3. Humidity The mass of water vapor in a given volume of air.
  4. 5. Pressure The contribution of water vapor to the total pressure of the atmosphere.
  5. 8. Clouds that are thin and wispy and composed of ice crystals.
  6. 10. Vapor Capacity The maximum amount of water vapor that air can contain at a given temperature.
  7. 11. The disintegration of rock exposed to the atmosphere.