Across
- 1. The word we use to describe clouds that are at middle height in the sky
- 3. This occurs when a warm air mass takes the place of a cold air mass
- 6. Tool used to measure the degree of heat or coldness
- 8. The phase of the water cycle in which any form of water, such as rain or snow, falls to Earth's surface
- 9. The word we use to describe clouds that are high in the sky
- 13. The word we use to describe clouds that are low in the sky
- 14. Cloud that signals thunderstorms
- 15. This is needed for evaporation to occur
- 16. Tool used to measure wind speed
- 17. When cool air from the sea blows towards the land
- 19. Tool that measures air pressure
- 20. This occurs when a cold air mass takes the place of a warm air mass
Down
- 2. This occurs at night, when cool air blows from the land towards the sea
- 4. A person who studies the atmosphere and reports and forecasts weather conditions is named this
- 5. In this pressure system, you can expect warm, cloudy weather, with high moisture and precipitation. The air in this system moves in a counter-clockwise direction
- 7. The word we use to describe clouds that are dark and bring rain
- 10. The word we use to describe clouds that grow vertically, that are puffy, white and look like cotton balls
- 11. The hour by hour, day by day state of conditions in the atmosphere
- 12. In this pressure system, you can expect sunny, cool, windy weather, with air moving in a clockwise direction
- 14. Clouds form during this phase of the water cycle
- 18. The average weather conditions for a place taken over a long period of time
- 21. When two air masses meet, the boundary between them is named this