Unit 4 - Water Cycle and Weather

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Across
  1. 2. imaginary line around the earth equally distant from N and S poles
  2. 4. vane: tool that measures the direction of the wind
  3. 5. cloud that forms near the ground
  4. 6. water droplets that form on objects near the ground
  5. 7. average weather pattern of a given location over time
  6. 10. extent of how far N or S of the equator a site is
  7. 12. pressure exerted by the atmosphere
  8. 13. state of atmosphere/what’s happening outside
  9. 15. tool that measures wind speed
  10. 16. tool that measures air pressure
  11. 19. boundaries between two air masses
  12. 20. map that uses symbols to display weather data
  13. 22. measure of water vapor in the air
  14. 23. water that does not soak into the ground and that flows across Earth’s surface
  15. 24. water that falls from the air to Earth’s surface
Down
  1. 1. process by which water leaves plants’ leaves
  2. 3. water stored underground/huge underground water reservoirs
  3. 8. mixture of gases that surround a planet
  4. 9. invisible gas formed when water evaporates
  5. 11. process by which a gas changes into a liquid
  6. 14. large body of air with similar temperature and humidity
  7. 17. process by which a liquid changes into a gas
  8. 18. large, slow moving mass of ice
  9. 21. body of rock that stores groundwater