Across
- 2. How hot or cold the air is
- 5. The continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere
- 7. Pressure system "Suck" air into them because nature wants everything to have equal pressure
- 10. The state of the atmosphere, including temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover
- 11. Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail
- 12. Cold air mass runs into a warm air mass
- 13. An enormous storm with high winds and heavy rains
- 15. A warm air mass becomes trapped between two cold air masses
- 16. Pressure systems have more air pressure than their surroundings
- 19. The amount of water vapor in the air
- 20. The temperature at which water vapor condenses
- 22. When a warm air mass runs into a cold air mass
Down
- 1. Large body of air that has about the same conditions throughout
- 3. This is the percent of water vapor in the air relative to the total amount the air can hold
- 4. A boundary between air masses that have different temperatures
- 6. A huge release of electricity
- 8. Is a funnel-shaped cloud of whirling high winds
- 9. When two air masses stop moving when they meet
- 12. All weather conditions for a particular location averaged over a long period of time
- 14. They form in layers that spread horizontally and may cover the entire sky like a thick blanket
- 17. A snowstorm that has high winds
- 18. Clouds that are white and puffy
- 21. The cloud that is thin and wispy
- 23. Clouds that are close to the ground