Rain Shadow Crossword
Across
- 3. - The average weather conditions of a place over a long period of time.
- 7. - Water droplets that form on surfaces when air cools overnight.
- 8. - When water vapor cools and turns into clouds.
- 12. - Measurement of distance in.
- 14. - The result of a cause.
- 15. - Water in gas form in the air.
- 17. - Small balls of ice that fall from storm clouds.
- 18. - A chain of mountains that forces air to rise.
- 21. - A dry region that receives very little precipitation.
- 22. - What happens to air as it rises higher in the atmosphere.
- 23. - Air that contains a lot of moisture.
Down
- 1. - How hot or cold something is.
- 2. - The layer of gases surrounding Earth.
- 4. - The process where liquid water changes into water vapor.
- 5. - Water that falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
- 6. - The reason something happens.
- 9. One of the ways a water shortage can happen
- 10. - The day-to-day condition of the atmosphere.
- 11. - Area that receives very little precipitation because mountains block moist air.
- 13. - water that is undrinkable due to chemicals or germs in the water
- 16. - A long period with very little rainfall.
- 19. - A tool used to measure temperature.
- 20. - Very dry with little rainfall.