Across
- 1. Cloud type that appears feathery or wispy, made from ice crystals
- 3. Big storms spin due to the ____ effect
- 4. Water in any form falling from clouds. Ex. rain, drizzle, hail, snow, sleet
- 6. pressure, Is associated with bad weather and is shown on a weather map by a blue L
- 9. A person who studies weather
- 11. mass, A large body of air that has the same temperature and density throughout
- 13. front, This front is shown on a weather map by red triangles
- 15. Wind is caused by the uneven heating of the ____
- 18. Sea and land breezes are ___ winds
- 20. Where do cold and warm air masses meet in a stationary boundary?
- 21. In a high-pressure system, you would expect ____ weather (good,bad)
- 22. Low pressure systems rotate
Down
- 1. Thunderstorm clouds that come in rainy or bad weather that can bring heavy rain, hail, and even tornados
- 2. If a breeze is coming from the sea onto the land it is a ___ breeze
- 5. front, What type of front is caused by two cold fronts pushing up a warm front
- 7. pressure, is shown on a weather map by a blue H
- 8. The two types of winds are local and ___ winds
- 9. polar, If a air mass formed over the water over the poles it would be called
- 10. Measures atmospheric pressure
- 12. front, When a warm front and a cold front collide, but neither of them have enough energy to move the other
- 14. Clouds that are flat, low, and grey. Tend to produce steady, light precipitation
- 16. front, When there is a ____ passing by, you can expect thunderstorms
- 17. Tropical, If a air mass formed over the land near the equator it would be called
- 19. When air masses meet but do not mix due to the differences in temperature and density