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