Weather Vocabulary
Across
- 3. This is the energy of motion
- 7. An areas long-term weather pattern
- 8. Interactions that can change the motion or shape of an object
- 12. Weather associated with lower air pressure
- 13. The element the used in the first barometer
- 14. warmer less dense air moves quickly upward
- 16. The molecular structure of solid water
- 18. Cooler more dense air moves quickly downward
- 21. The amount of matter something contains
- 22. Water changes from a gas to liquid
- 24. The amount of moisture in the air
- 25. This molecule is less dense as a solid than a liquid
- 27. This energy is stored in objects due to their position or arrangement
- 28. A type of kinetic energy that we feel as heat when molecules vibrate
- 30. Transfers thermal energy through direct contact
- 32. Water changes from a liquid to gas
- 33. How much space something takes up
Down
- 1. How high you are above sea level
- 2. The circular motion of fluids
- 4. The weight of air pressure pressing down on us
- 5. Everything in the universe that has mass
- 6. How compact molecules are
- 9. The layer of gases that surround earth
- 10. Weather associate with higher air pressure
- 11. Transfers thermal energy though electromagnetic waves
- 15. Tool used to measure air pressure
- 17. A tool used to measure temperature
- 19. Hail is least common in this season
- 20. This heats up the ground
- 23. One of the most common gasses in the air
- 26. This depends on how much energy the air receives from the sun
- 29. Hail storms are often in this shape
- 31. This type of energy travels though light and can be used by plants