Weather and Water

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Across
  1. 3. the process of water soaking into the soil and collecting as groundwater
  2. 4. the boundary where two air masses meet
  3. 7. a front that occurs when a cold air mass and a warm air mass cannot push each other and cause rain for days
  4. 9. another term for hydrological (as in hydrological cycle)
  5. 12. pressure system that occurs when air is forced down to the ground where clouds cannot form causing happy, clear weather
  6. 13. falling of water back to the surface of the Earth; forms include rain, snow, sleet
  7. 14. a weather tool used to measure wind speed
  8. 16. a weather tool used to measure air pressure
  9. 18. the changing of water vapor in the air to liquid water; can form clouds
Down
  1. 1. heat from the sun changes liquid water to water vapor in the air
  2. 2. evaporation of water from the leaves of plants
  3. 5. a front that occurs when a warm air mass is forced up rapidly by a cold air mass causing storms and a drop in temperature
  4. 6. pressure system that occurs when air moves upward into the atmosphere allowing clouds to form and bringing lousy weather
  5. 8. a weather tool used to measure temperature
  6. 10. a weather tool that shows the direction the wind
  7. 11. a front that occurs when a warm air mass gently glides over a colder air mass it cannot move resulting in light precipitation and increasing temperaures
  8. 15. a front that occurs when two cooler air masses force a warm air mass upward causing severe weather like hurricanes or tornados
  9. 17. a weather tool used to collect and measure rainfall