Weather & Water Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Puffy, cotton-like clouds
  2. 6. Tool that shows wind direction
  3. 10. Any water that falls from the clouds.
  4. 13. Tool that measures rainfall amounts
  5. 15. When liquid water becomes vapor.
  6. 16. A spinning column of air that touches the ground.
  7. 20. Tool used to measure air temperature
  8. 21. Coldest layer, where meteors burn up
  9. 22. When air pushes on Earth’s surface.
  10. 23. Exist because of the tilt of the earth
  11. 24. The layer of gases around the Earth.
Down
  1. 1. Water vapor released by plants.
  2. 2. Weather, clouds, and people live here — lowest layer
  3. 3. A scientist who studies the weather.
  4. 5. Flat, gray clouds that cover the sky
  5. 7. Towering storm cloud that brings thunder and lightning
  6. 8. Hottest layer, Very thin air, contains auroras (northern lights)
  7. 9. When water vapor cools into droplets.
  8. 11. Contains the ozone layer that protects us from the sun’s rays
  9. 12. Tool used to measure air pressure
  10. 14. Outermost layer, where air blends into space
  11. 17. Tool used to measure wind speed.
  12. 18. The average weather of a place over time.
  13. 19. Wispy, feathery clouds high in the sky