Atmosphere Vocab

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Across
  1. 6. Water that fills the rivers and lakes
  2. 10. Hurricanes approach land and push water higher along the coast
  3. 11. Moving air mass with particular pressure
  4. 13. process of water turning into a gas
  5. 14. area of land where all runoff drains into one body of water
  6. 15. weather event that includes rain, thunder, lighting
  7. 16. Circulation of rising less dense, warm air mixing with more dense cool air
  8. 18. eroded material is laid down and settles
  9. 20. The pressure that a column of air exerts on the air surface below it
  10. 21. Large area of land that has distinct groups of plants and animals
Down
  1. 1. Liquid or solid water that falls from the clouds
  2. 2. Process of water vapor turning into a liquid water
  3. 3. A period of below average precipitation in an area that can last months or years
  4. 4. Water that soaks into the cracks of the earth
  5. 5. Boundaries where 2 air masses meet
  6. 7. Intense tropical storm winds above 119km/h
  7. 8. Electric discharge within a cloud, between clouds
  8. 9. process of moving weathered material from one place to another
  9. 12. Atmospheric layer closest to earth
  10. 17. long term weather conditions in an area make___
  11. 19. Whirling column of air in contact with the ground