Weather and Climate Reader

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Across
  1. 2. air is heavy
  2. 9. the Spanish word for "thunderstorm"
  3. 11. how much moisture is in the air
  4. 13. when a warm air mass moves into a cold air mass
  5. 14. stratus-like cloud on the ground
  6. 15. takes the form of rain, hail, sleet, snow
  7. 17. white, puffy clouds with flat bottoms
  8. 19. weather that may be dangerous or may cause damage
  9. 20. water in the form of a gas
  10. 21. the average weather pattern over many years
  11. 23. a huge body of air with similar temperature and humidity
Down
  1. 1. cool summers, extremely cold winters, very little precipitation
  2. 3. warm to hot summers, mild winters, moderate precipitation
  3. 4. a sudden, powerful spark of electricity that can jump from a cloud to the ground
  4. 5. air in motion
  5. 6. spinning funnel of air that reaches from a thunderstorm cloud to the ground
  6. 7. where weather occurs
  7. 8. when a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass
  8. 10. weight of the air pressing down on Earth's surface
  9. 12. hot all year, wet summers, winter preciptation varies
  10. 16. its energy causes weather
  11. 18. the Latin word for "layer"
  12. 22. Latin word for "curl of hair"