Weather and Water Cycle
Across
- 2. type of front that leaves warm weather behind
- 5. When the Sun heats up liquid turning it into water vapor
- 7. the formation of water droplets when water vapor cools. Forms clouds
- 9. the energy source that drives the water cycle
- 10. where air flows from sea to land during the daytime
- 12. thin and wispy clouds
- 13. type of front that happens when a cold air mass pushes a warm air mass out of the way
- 15. brings cooler and drier weather to NC
- 16. brings wetter and warmer weather to NC
- 18. long term patterns of the atmosphere
- 19. conditions of the atmosphere at a particular time and place
- 20. the seasons are cause by the _____ of the Earth.
Down
- 1. also known as thunderclouds
- 3. the direction weather travels across the U.S.
- 4. where air flows from land to sea during the nighttime
- 6. evaporation of water from plants
- 8. Water falling to earth
- 11. this stream is in the ocean and is warm
- 14. the journey water takes as it circulates from the land to the sky and back again
- 17. clouds that cover the sky like a blanket