Clouds and Weather Instruments

2. a stratus cloud that forms close to the ground
4. liquid water changed into water vapor
6. rain cloud
9. "thunderhead" or storm clouds, piled high rain cloud
10. a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals
12. water turns into a gas called this
15. measures precipitation
16. the weight of the atmosphere
17. measures temperature
18. when water is released from plant leaves
19. low, wide, gray blanket clouds
20. water that flows over the land's surface and flows into bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, and streams

1. the layer of gasses that surrounds Earth
3. rain, snow, sleet, hail
5. measures wind speed
7. when water vapor changes into a liquid
8. shows where the wind comes from
9. puffy with white flat bottoms, fair weather
10. white and feathery, the highest cloud made up of ice crystals
11. the change of water from one state to another as it moves between the Earth's surface and atmosphere
13. measures air pressure
14. where water is stored