Weather Vocab
Across
- 4. a tool used to find the wind direction
- 6. a boundary between one warm air mass and two cold ones, where the warm air is pushed up
- 8. a boundary between a warm and cold air mass that is not moving
- 11. a huge volume of air that has a uniform temperature and humidity
- 13. a tool used to measure precipitation in inches or centimeters
- 14. a tool used to measure humidity
- 17. an area where air is rising and winds blow to the center
- 18. the layer of the atmosphere closest to earth's surface where weather occurs
- 20. Pressure the weight of all the air in the atmosphere pushing on an object or area
- 22. the amount of water vapor in a given volume of air
- 23. the boundary where two air masses meet
Down
- 1. an area where air is sinking and winds blow out from the center
- 2. a cold air mass advances to replace a warm air mass
- 3. a tool used to measure wind speed
- 5. how much water vapor is in the air compared to the max amount that the air can hold
- 7. the temperature at which the air is saturated with water humidity
- 9. a warm air mass advances to replace a cold air mass
- 10. water droplets that form on surfaces due to condensation of water vapor
- 12. a tool used to measure atmospheric pressure
- 15. a line on a weather map that connects places with the same air pressure
- 16. tiny solid or liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere
- 19. air that is moving from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure
- 20. the height of an object or point in relation to sea-level
- 21. the condition of the atmosphere in a certain place and specific time