Weather Terms

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Across
  1. 3. is a violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending to the thunderstorm base, often seen extending from near the wall cloud. It can be a few yards across to a mile wide
  2. 5. clear sky when the sky has no clouds
  3. 6. A water substance in the solid form
  4. 7. The mixtures of gases
  5. 8. Crest the highest height that the river reaches during a flood event
  6. 10. a line connecting equal points of pressure
  7. 11. light wind
  8. 13. Precipitation in the form of balls or clumps of ice
  9. 14. pollution chemicals in the atmosphere that is harmful to living things
  10. 15. is the third planet from the sun
Down
  1. 1. frozen body tissue
  2. 2. is an instrument that measures air pressure
  3. 4. A column of cool air that sinks toward the ground. It is most often accompanied by rain.
  4. 7. an instrument that measures wind speed
  5. 9. light rain consisting of water drops that are very small
  6. 12. The shaking of a portion of the earth surface