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