The Water Cycle

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Across
  1. 4. A device that measures air pressure.
  2. 6. Type of wind stream that affects the weather of North America.
  3. 8. Type of cloud that is puffy and low in the sky.
  4. 9. This cycle moves water across the planet and throughout the atmosphere.
  5. 10. A type of front that brings colder air; will also bring a line of showers or thunderstorms.
  6. 12. Nino is a warmer than average water in the Eastern side of the ________ ocean. P. 21 in the photos.
  7. 13. A device that measures wind speed.
  8. 14. A type of front that is the edge of a warm air mass. Can bring heavy rain.
  9. 15. Occurs when liquid water turns into a gas. Also known as water vapor.
  10. 16. Type of clouds that are layered in low level clouds; indicate a chance of rain.
  11. 17. Water that falls as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
  12. 18. When water vapor cools and turns into a liquid.
Down
  1. 1. In the satellite photo on p. 21, what is occurring?
  2. 2. Half the globe; it can be norther or southern and eastern or western.
  3. 3. The _______ Stream current is a warm water current that warms the coastal weather of the Southeast coast of the U.S.
  4. 5. One who studies the weather (p. 6).
  5. 7. Evaporation of water out of leaves of plants.
  6. 11. Type of cloud that is thin, feathery and very high in the sky; indicate clear weather.
  7. 13. A type of pressure that deals with the weight of Earth's atmosphere pressing down upon its surface.