Weather and Water Cycle Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. measures the humidity in the air
  2. 4. when droplets of water fall to earth it is called _______
  3. 5. dark, towering clouds known as thunderclouds
  4. 6. results in blue skies
  5. 8. when tiny ice crystals collect and form together, then fall to the earth it is called _________
  6. 9. when water that has evaporated (water vapor) cools. turns into water droplets, and forms clouds
  7. 11. thick, low, sheet-like clouds that cover the sky, signal rainy weather; fog is a type of this cloud
  8. 12. an area where two air masses meet, usually air of different temperatures
  9. 14. measures wind direction
  10. 16. thin, curly, wispy clouds made of ice crystals
  11. 17. rain, sleet, snow, hail, or mixed forms of water that fall to earth from clouds
  12. 20. the measure of the weight of the atmosphere as it pushes down on earth in a certain area
  13. 21. water droplets that get caught in updrafts of moving wind and freeze, layer by layer, until the frozen drop grows into a larger ice ball
  14. 22. daily conditions of wind, temperature, clouds, humidity, and precipitation
  15. 24. a form of precipitation made of small, semi-transparent balls of ice; occurs when rain/melted snow hits a cool pocket of air before falling to the ground
  16. 25. the measure of water vapor in the air
  17. 26. measures air pressure
  18. 27. results in cloudy weather
Down
  1. 2. when water heats up, turns into a gas and is drawn into the atmosphere
  2. 3. large piles of white clouds that can billow high into the sky, look like fluffy cotton
  3. 7. as precipitation falls, some of it runs off into rivers and streams
  4. 8. result of air and land masses heating up unevenly because of the earth's position related to the sun and the tilt of the earth
  5. 10. when water is passed through the leaves of plants and into the atmosphere
  6. 13. Gauge measures the amount of rainfall in a given area
  7. 15. the layer of atmosphere where most clouds form and where most weather occurs; 10 km away from earth's surface
  8. 18. measures air temperature
  9. 19. the measure of the motion and energy of molecules in the atmosphere, low motion = cold, high motion = warm
  10. 23. measures wind speed