Weather and Climate
Across
- 3. a storm with violent wind categories 1-5
- 4. The path of an object in space
- 7. comes from the Latin word for "rain"
- 9. very long time period with little to no rainfall
- 11. A mountain or a hill with an opening (vent);magma
- 12. Cover about 70 percent of Earth's surface
- 16. a tool used to measure air pressure
- 19. sunlight that travels in a straight path
- 20. The day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere
- 23. large wave from underwater earthquakes
- 25. caused by heavy or excessive rainfall
- 27. thunderheads; rain, thunder, lightning
Down
- 1. A sudden spark between parts of a cloud
- 2. thin and wispy clouds
- 5. rotating, funnel-shaped cloud
- 6. a prediction about weather
- 8. a small rocky object that orbits the Sun
- 10. pictures from above the earth
- 13. white, puffy clouds
- 14. rotation causes day and night; 24 hours to occur
- 15. shaking caused by plate boundaries
- 17. imaginary circle around the middle of the earth,
- 18. The average weather conditions in an area
- 21. revolution movement of earth around the sun
- 22. an uncontrolled fire
- 24. Far from the equator; cold climates.
- 26. An imaginary line that Earth spins around