The Water Cycle

3. This cycle moves water across the planet and throughout the atmosphere.
6. A type of front that is the edge of a warm air mass. Can bring heavy rain.
7. Half the globe; it can be northern or southern and eastern or western.
9. Type of cloud that is thin, feathery and very high in the sky; indicate clear weather.
11. In the satellite photo on p. 21, what is occurring?
12. Occurs when liquid water turns into a gas. Also known as water vapor.
13. Water that falls as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
15. When water vapor cools and turns into a liquid.
17. A type of pressure that deals with the weight of Earth's atmosphere pressing down upon its surface.
18. The _______ Stream current is a warm water current that warms the coastal weather of the Southeast coast of the U.S.

1. A device that measures air pressure.
2. One who studies the weather (p. 6).
4. El Nino is a warmer than average water in the Eastern side of the ________ ocean. P. 21 in the photos.
5. Type of wind stream that affects the weather of North America.
8. Evaporation of water out of leaves of plants.
10. A device that measures wind speed.
14. Type of cloud that is puffy and low in the sky.
15. A type of front that brings colder air; will also bring a line of showers or thunderstorms.
16. Type of clouds that are layered in low level clouds; indicate a chance of rain.