Across
- 2. "thunderhead" or storm clouds, piled high rain clouds
- 5. a measure of how warm something is
- 7. an instrument used to measure temperature
- 8. the prefix for clouds that form below 2,000 ft.
- 11. the condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
- 12. a stratus cloud that forms close to the ground
- 14. the prefix for clouds that are above 6,000 ft.
- 15. rain cloud
- 17. plants release water through tiny openings in their leaves
- 19. when water vapor changes into a liquid
- 21. water turns into a gas called this
- 23. an instrument used to show wind direction
- 25. liquid water changes into water vapor
- 27. the layer of gas that surrounds Earth
Down
- 1. the weight of the atmosphere
- 3. low, wide, gray blanket clouds
- 4. a scientist who studies weather
- 6. the layer of rock and soil where groundwater is stored
- 9. puffy with white flat bottoms, "cotton ball clouds"
- 10. a collection of underground water
- 13. rain, snow, sleet, or hail
- 16. moving air
- 18. an instrument that measures wind speed
- 19. white and feathery, the highest cloud made up of ice crystals
- 20. an instrument that is used to measure the amount of precipitation that falls
- 22. the change of water from one state to another as it moves between the Earth's surface and atmosphere
- 24. an instrument used to measure air pressure
- 26. a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals
- 28. water that flows over the land's surface into bodies of water