Across
- 1. engineers design and build large structures, such as buildings, bridges, and dams
- 3. water that falls to the ground from the atmosphere
- 5. pressure the force of air pressing down on Earth’s surface
- 8. has fewer hours of daylight and temperatures are cooler
- 10. a measure of how hot or cold something is
- 12. a violent, rotating column of air that stretches from the bottom of a thunderstorm to the ground
- 14. the warmest season
- 16. hazard a natural event, such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane, that causes great damage
- 18. study groundwater as it moves through rocks and soil underground
- 21. rod a metal bar that safely directs lightning into the ground
- 22. water that flows over land that is normally dry
- 23. has more hours of daylight and warm temperatures
- 24. a blanket of gases and tiny bits of dust that surround Earth
- 26. balloon a tool that gathers data about weather
Down
- 1. the pattern of weather at a certain place over a long period of time
- 2. the coldest season
- 4. a tool that measures temperature
- 6. one of the four parts of the year with different weather patterns
- 7. scientists who study the climate
- 9. a wall built along the sides of rivers and other bodies of water to prevent them from overflowing
- 11. a tool that points into the wind
- 13. an imaginary line through Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole
- 15. gauge a tool that measures how much precipitation has fallen
- 17. moving air
- 19. the rapid movement of rocks and soil down a hill or mountain
- 20. a wall built to reduce or prevent flooding in an area
- 25. the shaking of Earth’s surface
- 26. what the air is like at a certain time and place