Weather and Climate

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Across
  1. 4. A type of precipitation in which there is time for the water to melt and turn into a liquid for a short period of time, but the temperature in the atmosphere cools long enough for the particles to freeze as they hit the geosphere.
  2. 5. A substance changing from a liquid to a gas by adding energy to it.
  3. 10. The amount of air that pushes down on any surface.
  4. 13. Any form of water that condenses in the atmosphere, becomes too heavy and falls back down to Earth onto its surface.
  5. 14. Occurs when a mass of warmer air moves into an area where there is colder air. The warm air just slides on top of the colder denser air.
  6. 17. Process in which a solid changes directly into a gas without becoming a liquid.
  7. 18. Condition in the atmosphere in a place for a short period of time.
  8. 20. A large quantity of air that has similar temperature and moisture. It can be as large as a few states in size.
  9. 21. System of the Earth where clouds form
  10. 23. Fluffy, white clouds that are a sign of good weather.
Down
  1. 1. Tall, storm clouds that produce violent storms.
  2. 2. Process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere through the stomata (small openings) in their leaves.
  3. 3. Water in gaseous form
  4. 6. System of the Earth that includes all the water on the planet.
  5. 7. The general weather of a place over a long period of time (ie. 30 years)
  6. 8. Occurs when a mass of colder air moves into where warmer air is and forces itself below the warm air.
  7. 9. The amount of water in the atmosphere
  8. 11. Precipitation type that as the particles fall they warm up and are water as they hit the geosphere.
  9. 12. Process in which a substance changes from a gas to a liquid.
  10. 15. Feathery, high forming clouds that are made of ice crystals
  11. 16. A type of precipitation in which the atmosphere is not warm enough to change the water into a liquid, so it stays frozen and in crystals.
  12. 19. Flat grey clouds that cover the entire sky, a light drizzle may occur.
  13. 22. Precipitation that is only seen during thunderstorms. The liquid water falling gets caught up in a gust of wind that brings it up into the colder atmosphere. The liquid super cools and then becomes too heavy and falls back down to the geosphere.