Weather Patterns

3. The layer of the atmosphere where weather happens
5. A rising parcel of air expands because the air ________ falls with elevation
6. The people who study weather patterns over a SHORT period of time, as well as atmospheric patterns
10. What part of the water cycle is the opposite of Evaporation
13. Conditions such as rain, clouds, and wind at a particular time and place
14. If a unit of air is warmer than its surrounding air, it will be ____ dense
15. Something that is similar that happens over and over again
16. What part of the water cycle turns liquid water into water vapor
20. When water from the atmosphere collects in rivers, lakes, oceans, and streams
23. When water from the atmosphere absorbs in the roots of plants and then gets released as Vapor through the leaves
24. The ability to make things move or change
26. A group of loosely connected ice crystals
28. Water vapor is a ___
29. A mixture of gases surrounding a planet
30. Cloud at ground level

1. When water from the atmosphere falls
2. An air parcel __________ when it is warmer than the surrounding air
4. When a tropical storm reaches a constant speed of 74 miles per hour
7. An air parcel _______ when it is cooler than the surrounding air
8. A unit Of Air that moves as a unit
9. If the Air parcel has more water vapor, is ______
11. If the inside of the air parcel is ______ than the surrounding air, it will rise
12. The study of weather over time
17. What causes most rivers and lakes to evaporate?
18. A violently rotating column of air, usually attached to the base of a thunderstorm
19. The natural movement of air at any velocity
21. To move from one object to another
22. A rotating column of air that forms over water
25. A sudden electrostatic discharge typically during a thunderstorm
27. A mass of water droplets suspended in the atmosphere