The Water Cycle

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