Weather and Climate

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