Weather Vocabulary
Across
- 2. An instrument that measures the amount of atmospheric pressure
- 5. The change from liquid to a gas state
- 7. Amount of moister in air
- 11. An air mass with greater atmospheric pressure than surrounding air masses
- 12. A natural movement of air from high density and pressure to low density and pressure
- 13. Forms when a cool, dry air mass overtakes a warmer humid air mass
- 15. A specific set of weather conditions reflecting the configuration of air movement
- 16. Bodies of air extending over large areas
Down
- 1. A map or chart that shows weather conditions
- 3. Forms when a warm, moist air mass overtakes a cool, dryer air mass
- 4. Global air circulation patterns within the atmosphere held to Earth by gravity
- 6. The force extended by the atmosphere on Earth's surface
- 8. An air mass with lower atmospheric pressure than surrounding air masses
- 9. A directional movement of ocean water
- 10. The change from gas to a liquid state
- 14. A large, tropical weather system consists of and extremely low air pressure air mass