Water cycle definitions

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Across
  1. 3. atmospheric moisture.
  2. 6. a body of air with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity, and pressure.
  3. 7. an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation
  4. 9. a narrow variable band of very strong predominantly westerly air currents encircling the globe several miles above the earth
  5. 11. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
  6. 14. the natural movement of the air
  7. 17. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
  8. 18. a wind from the direction that is predominant
  9. 19. less air pressure
  10. 20. the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level.
  11. 21. the process of turning from liquid into vapor
Down
  1. 1. more air pressure
  2. 2. a weather front or transition zone between two air masses when neither air mass is advancing into the other at speeds exceeding 5 knots at the ground surface
  3. 4. the cycle by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land
  4. 5. the boundary of an advancing mass of cold air
  5. 8. the conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid.
  6. 10. an expert in or student of meteorology
  7. 12. the atmospheric temperature below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can form.
  8. 13. the amount of water vapor present in air expressed as a percentage of the amount needed for saturation at the same temperature.
  9. 15. the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land
  10. 16. the boundary of an advancing mass of warm air