Vocabulary of Weather

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Across
  1. 3. Clouds in layers
  2. 8. Where air masses meet
  3. 11. where both masses of air are moving
  4. 16. The layer of atmosphere that includes the ozone layer
  5. 17. The layer above the mesosphere where temperatures go way up
  6. 18. Global band of fast moving high altitude air that can carry weather patterns under it
  7. 19. The second most common gas in the atmosphere, making up about 21 percent
  8. 20. The main gas in the atmosphere, making up about 78 percent
  9. 22. Precipitation formed when temperatures of the air are near freezing and it falls through cold layers
  10. 23. The natural process that warms the surface of a planet from its atmosphere
  11. 24. Precipitation that falls when air is below freezing
Down
  1. 1. Puffy clouds
  2. 2. where warm air moves over cold
  3. 4. The layer of atmosphere where weather takes place
  4. 5. Caused by uneven air pressure and the rotation of the earth
  5. 6. High altitude wispy ice clouds
  6. 7. Precipitation that falls when air is above freezing
  7. 9. The effect of wind cycles caused by earth's rotation
  8. 10. The outer layer of atmosphere where there are almost no gases
  9. 12. where cold air moves under warm
  10. 13. The layer of atmosphere above the stratosphere where meteors burn up
  11. 14. The differences caused by uneven heating of the earth's surface
  12. 15. Precipitation formed as ice droplets circulate inside clouds
  13. 17. The other gases that make up the remaining 1 percent of the atmosphere
  14. 21. where neither masses of air are moving