Weather
Across
- 3. map -displays various meteorological features of a location at a point in time
- 5. Pressure - whirling mass of warm, moist air that brings stormy weather
- 7. front - a pair of air masses, either of which is strong enough to replace the other
- 9. - An instrument that measures and indicates temperature
- 13. - an instrument used to measure the amount of water vapor, humidity, in the air
- 14. front - when a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass (temperature drops)
- 17. - a small spinning column of air that has high wind speeds and touches the ground
- 18. - toward the wind or on the side facing the wind
Down
- 1. - a tool that orbits earth and collects pictures to analyze weather patterns and data
- 2. - the most powerful storm on earth
- 4. cycle (water cycle) - the sequence in which water flows from vapor, precipitation, then back into the atmosphere
- 6. front - warm air that rises over and replaces a mass of cold air. brings rain/light snow followed by warmer weather
- 8. -an instrument used to measure wind speed
- 10. front - two fronts that form when a cold front catches up and overtakes a warm front
- 11. - an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
- 12. pressure - region where the atmospheric pressure at the surface is greater than surrounding areas
- 15. - situated on or toward the side sheltered from the wind (down wind)
- 16. - finds the location, movement, and amount of precipitation in a weather system
- 19. mass - large body of air where temperature and moisture content are consistent throughout