Across
- 3. All of the water on Earth including ice, liquid water in the ocean, rivers, and lakes, and water vapor.
- 4. The envelope of air that surrounds the solid Earth, including gasses and aerosols.
- 6. ONLY atmospheric layer where weather occurs.
- 10. All of the rock, sand, and soil on Earth including at Earth’s surface and deep underground.
- 13. The height above earth or above sea level.
- 15. Where the earth’s system gets its energy from.
- 17. a group of interacting parts, with each piece influencing the behavior of the whole.
- 18. The pattern of weather over a long period of time.
- 19. Hottest atmospheric layer.
- 20. A person who forecasts weather.
Down
- 1. The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
- 2. Coldest atmospheric layer.
- 5. Rain, sleet, snow, and hail.
- 7. A gas that makes up 21 percent of earth’s atmosphere.
- 8. All of Earth’s living things.
- 9. The condition of the atmosphere and its phenomena in a certain place at a specific time. ONLY in the troposhere.
- 11. The outermost and thickest layer of the atmosphere.
- 12. A gas that makes up 78 percent of earth’s atmosphere.
- 14. How close together particles are
- 16. Tiny liquid and solid particles suspended in the atmosphere.
- 18. A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere.
