Weather
Across
- 1. state of the atmosphere
- 2. consists of a mixture of gases in layers surrounding the Earth
- 6. temperature in this layer becomes warmer
- 7. cottony clouds with flat gray bases and puffy bright tops
- 8. water that falls from the clouds
- 12. satellite, satellite that is able to photograph track and measure the conditions of large-scale are movements
- 13. Vane, measures wind direction
- 15. amount of water vapor in the air
- 16. instrument used to measure the humidity of the air
- 18. gauge, measures amount of rain fall
- 19. clouds that form the highest in the sky
- 21. an instrument for measuring temperature
- 23. boundary between two different air masses
- 24. part of Earth's atmosphere, land and oceans that supports living things
- 25. measure wind speed
Down
- 1. tapered, tubular cloth vane, open at both ends, indicates wind direction and approximate intensity
- 3. temperatures can reach more 2000 degrees in this layer of the atmosphere
- 4. Pressure, the measure of the force with air molecules push on a surface
- 5. outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere
- 8. instrument determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers
- 9. average weather conditions in certain places over many years
- 10. atmosphere layer closest to the Earth
- 11. natural movement of air of any velocity
- 12. prediction, meteorologist do this when talking about future weather conditions
- 14. masses, large body of air that has properties similar to the part of the Earth's surface over which it develops
- 17. any instrument that measures atmosphere pressure
- 20. low lying dull colored clouds
- 22. the coldest layer of the atmosphere
- 25. temperatures, measurement of how cold or hot the temperature is