Weather terms
Across
- 6. measures air pressure
- 9. process in which water returns to earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail
- 10. shift of any path with water or an object moving above the surface of the earth due to the rotation of the earth
- 12. line on a weather map connecting location with the same barometric pressure
- 13. puffy clouds with flat bottoms (cotton ball clouds
- 14. a scientist who studies the weather
- 15. Humidity percentage of moisture in the air that holds relative to the amount it can hold at a particular temperature
Down
- 1. heat trapping process in which heat energy is trapped by the earth's atmosphere and can not return to space
- 2. gray, smooth cloud that forms at an altitude at about 2.5 km
- 3. large cloud that produces rain and thunder storms
- 4. cold air meets and replaces hot air
- 5. gravity pulling air to the earth's surface creating pressure
- 7. mass body of air with the same temperature and humidity throughout
- 8. cloud feathery cloud formed at high altitude
- 11. area of low pressure containing rising warm air