Weather Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. This absorbs 99% of suns harmful UVB rays
  2. 6. Name for a wispy cloud
  3. 8. Instrument that measures air pressure
  4. 9. The movement of air, from high pressure to low pressure (word is used twice)
  5. 12. When cold and warm cannot overtake each other
  6. 14. A violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth
  7. 16. Name for a puffy type of cloud
  8. 18. Storm system characterized by a large low pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rain
  9. 20. The breeze that blows from the land toward the sea
  10. 23. When a cold overtakes a warm and forces it up
  11. 24. Weather occurs in this layer of the atmosphere
  12. 26. The breeze that blows, from the land toward the swa during the day
  13. 28. As elevation increases, air pressure _____
  14. 29. Layer of the atmosphere where jets fly through and contains ozone layer
  15. 30. Form where cold air moves towards warm air. Creates rain storms.
Down
  1. 1. The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place
  2. 2. Form where warm air moves towards cold air
  3. 3. The gradual warming of the Earth caused by the greenhouse effect
  4. 4. Warm air rises, cool air _______.
  5. 7. A visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere at different altitudes.
  6. 10. A line drawn on a weather map or chart linking all points of equal or constant temperature
  7. 11. Air pressure drives the _______ and creates the weather
  8. 13. A weather tool that measures the heat from expanding and contracting liquids or coils
  9. 15. The study of atmosphere that focuses on weather process and forecasting
  10. 17. The average weather of a particular part of the world at different times of the year
  11. 19. A weather tool that measures wind speed
  12. 21. The layer of gases surrounding Earth; composed mainly of nitrogen and oxygen
  13. 22. This is the pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere
  14. 25. Any of the high speed, high altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction
  15. 27. Name for a layer cloud
  16. 31. Moisture condensed from the atmosphere especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.