Weather & Weather Instruments

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Across
  1. 1. small pellet sized pieces of ice that are usually transparent or translucent
  2. 3. a weather instrument used to measure precipitation
  3. 7. measures air pressure
  4. 9. falls from the clouds as rain, sleet, snow or hail
  5. 11. measure direction of the wind
  6. 15. large pieces of ice that develop due to an updraft and downdraft inside of a cumulonimbus cloud
  7. 16. when water vapor returns to a liquid state usually forming clouds
  8. 17. the measure of the amount of water in the air
  9. 18. a weather instrument used to measure heat
Down
  1. 2. liquid water changes to water vapor
  2. 4. a violent disturbance in the atmosphere
  3. 5. the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place
  4. 6. the temperature at which water vapor condenses
  5. 8. the percentage of water vapor that the air has as compared to what it will actually hold
  6. 9. a weather instrument used to measure humidity by using a wet bulb and a dry bulb thermometer
  7. 10. water vapor that is released from the stomata of plants during photosynthesis
  8. 12. used to measure humidity in the air
  9. 13. the sound created when the air instantly expands due to heat released from lightning
  10. 14. thunder cloud