Weather/Climate/Clouds
Across
- 2. type of front in which warm air replaces cold air
- 7. short-term atmospheric conditions
- 10. caused by a violent wind in which warm air rises to meet colder air in the atmosphere
- 11. the severe weather-producing, dangerous clouds
- 12. type of front in which cold air replaces warm air
- 15. the "rainstorm" clouds
- 16. climate that features average temperatures
- 19. the funnel of a tornado
- 20. pressure that brings warm air, rain, and thunderstorms
- 21. clouds that resemble fog
- 22. caused by air rising back into clouds after a lightning strike
- 23. pressure that brings cooler weather, clear, and sunny skies
Down
- 1. air that rises, because it is lighter
- 3. a scientist who studies weather
- 4. streams of wind found in the lower levels of the atmosphere
- 5. a storm that forms over warm water
- 6. the stringy, hair-like clouds that hang high in the sky
- 8. all weather is caused by this heating the earth
- 9. air that is more dense
- 13. long-term atmospheric conditions
- 14. weather front that is not moving
- 17. puffy, cotton-like clouds
- 18. air _______ is caused by uneven heating from the sun
- 20. caused by positive and negative charges in clouds