Across
- 3. Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers
- 4. The layer of gas surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity
- 8. The boundary between an advancing warm air mass and a receding cooler air mass
- 10. Based on probability
- 12. A body of air extending over a large area
- 13. The change from a gas state to a liquid state
- 16. Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as visible light, ultraviolet radiation, and infrared (heat) radiation
- 20. A map or chart that shows the weather conditions at a specific point in time
- 22. The border between an advancing cold air mass and a retreating warm air mass
- 23. Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky
Down
- 1. When water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces in
- 2. Change of a liquid to a vapor or gas
- 5. The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter
- 6. The constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans, and living things
- 7. Similar weather for a certain number of days
- 9. A prediction or estimate of future events
- 11. Features on the surface of Earth
- 13. The formation of highly ordered, solid structures
- 14. Directional movements of ocean water
- 15. The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another
- 17. To soak up or take something in
- 18. The process by which plants lose water
- 19. Winds that act as a heat transfer system due to the unequal heating of Earth’s surface
- 21. The day-to-day state of the atmosphere