Weather 421 Review

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Across
  1. 2. cycle Continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface areas
  2. 6. clouds Clouds with a flattened, layered shape; grow horizontally
  3. 8. Formed in severe thunderstorms, creates a funnel of fast moving air and moisture that can reach the ground
  4. 9. Transfer of energy by the vertical movement of particles in a fluid
  5. 12. Loss of water vapor from the leaves of plants
  6. 15. cloud Form where the leading edge, or front, of a large moving mass of air meets another mass of air at a different temperature.
  7. 17. Radar Technology used by meteorologists to track or follow the development of thunderstorm and tornadoes.
  8. 18. mass A large body of air in which the temperature and moisture content at a specific altitude are fairly uniform.
  9. 20. The change of state from liquid to a gas
  10. 21. pressure Weather system of rising air that brings cloudy, stormy , unstable weather
  11. 22. clouds Clouds containing precipitation
  12. 23. Storm that forms over warm ocean water; with strong winds and heavy rains
  13. 24. Transfer of energy by the horizontal movement of particles in a fluid
  14. 25. Measure used to describe how hot and humid weather feels to an average person.
Down
  1. 1. clouds Thin, wispy, high altitude clouds
  2. 3. Measure of the percentage of light that an object reflects; example of high albedo = snow
  3. 4. tropical airmass Brings warm and moist weather conditions
  4. 5. Any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
  5. 7. cloud Forms when air moves up a mountain, expands at the lower pressure, and cools.
  6. 10. clouds Clouds that have a billowing, rounded shape; grow vertically
  7. 11. tropical air mass Brings warm and dry weather conditions
  8. 12. Storm with lightning, thunder, heavy rain, and sometimes hail
  9. 13. Prefix given to medium level clouds
  10. 14. Change of state directly from a solid to a gas
  11. 15. Clouds that form near the ground
  12. 16. Boundary between a warm air mass and a cold air mass
  13. 19. cloud Produced when air near the ground absorbs energy from heated surfaces (oceans, lakes, asphalt, concrete and dirt), becomes warmer and less dense, and rises into the atmosphere
  14. 23. capacity A measure of how much heat a substance requires to increase its temperature or how much heat it releases as its temperature decreases
  15. 25. pressure Weather system of descending air that brings stable weather