Weather, Climate, and Water Cycle Definitions

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Across
  1. 1. Conditions The current state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation.
  2. 3. The layer of gases that surrounds Earth and protects us from space.
  3. 5. How high something is above sea level. Mountains have a high altitude, and valleys have a low altitude.
  4. 6. How much mass is packed into a certain space. Thick fog has high density, while thin air in the mountains has low density.
  5. 7. The amount of water vapor (gas) in the air.
  6. 8. Balls or chunks of ice that fall from clouds during thunderstorms.
Down
  1. 2. A single piece of hail, made of layers of ice.
  2. 4. Water that falls from the sky in different forms, like rain, snow, sleet, or hail.