Across
- 5. Weather ____ are used to carry weather tools high up in the atmosphere
- 7. This is solid or liquid water that falls from the clouds to the Earth's surface
- 10. These clouds are puffy and white
- 12. This forms when water vapor in the atmosphere turns directly into a solid
- 13. This is the amount of water vapor in the air compared to what it can hold
- 15. Middle clouds are sometimes made up of ____ crystals
- 16. The ____ the air temperature the more water vapor air can hold
- 17. This is a tool that measures wind speed
- 18. This cloud forms flat layers that cover most of the sky
- 19. This is what the atmosphere is like at a given time and place
- 20. This is one characteristic to classify clouds
Down
- 1. ____ are scientists who study weather
- 2. These clouds are very tall
- 3. Low clouds are mostly made up of water ____
- 4. Meteorologists analyze their measurements to make a weather ____
- 6. Air pressure is measured in inches of ____
- 8. This measures air pressure
- 9. This measures wind direction ____ ____
- 11. This is solid precipitation that is made of layers of ice
- 13. This measures the amount of water vapor in the air
- 14. These are thin, white and feathery clouds
- 18. This is precipitation that freezes near the ground