Weather Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. the process by which water vapor becomes liquid water
  2. 6. a long period of scarce rainfall or dry weather
  3. 9. wispy,feathery clouds
  4. 11. any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface
  5. 13. clouds that form in flat layers
  6. 14. an embankment built along a river
  7. 16. a round pellet of ice larger than 5 millimeters in diameter
  8. 17. what type of weather do cirrocumulus clouds mean
  9. 20. raindrops that fall as liquid water but freeze when they touch a cold surface
  10. 21. an overflowing of water in a normally dry area
  11. 22. two thermometer, a wet-bukb thermometer and a dry-bulb thermometer
  12. 24. clouds that look like cotton
Down
  1. 1. ice deposited on a surface that is below freezing
  2. 2. the movement of water through Earth's systems, powered by the sun's energy
  3. 4. the temperature at which condensation begins
  4. 5. a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
  5. 6. a barrier across a river that may redirect the flow of the river to other channels or store flood waters
  6. 7. the percentage of water vapor in that is actually in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold
  7. 8. forms when water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice crystals
  8. 10. what type of weather can be expected with cumulonimbus clouds
  9. 12. an open-ended tube that collects rain
  10. 15. the process by which molecules of liquid water escape into the air after becoming water vapor
  11. 18. what type of weather do cirrus clouds have
  12. 19. when raindrops fall through a layer of air that is below 0 degrees Celsius
  13. 20. clouds that form near the ground
  14. 23. the type of weather you can expect with stratus clouds