Weather Terms

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