Across
- 3. the process by which water vapor becomes liquid water
- 6. a long period of scarce rainfall or dry weather
- 9. wispy,feathery clouds
- 11. any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface
- 13. clouds that form in flat layers
- 14. an embankment built along a river
- 16. a round pellet of ice larger than 5 millimeters in diameter
- 17. what type of weather do cirrocumulus clouds mean
- 20. raindrops that fall as liquid water but freeze when they touch a cold surface
- 21. an overflowing of water in a normally dry area
- 22. two thermometer, a wet-bukb thermometer and a dry-bulb thermometer
- 24. clouds that look like cotton
Down
- 1. ice deposited on a surface that is below freezing
- 2. the movement of water through Earth's systems, powered by the sun's energy
- 4. the temperature at which condensation begins
- 5. a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
- 6. a barrier across a river that may redirect the flow of the river to other channels or store flood waters
- 7. the percentage of water vapor in that is actually in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold
- 8. forms when water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice crystals
- 10. what type of weather can be expected with cumulonimbus clouds
- 12. an open-ended tube that collects rain
- 15. the process by which molecules of liquid water escape into the air after becoming water vapor
- 18. what type of weather do cirrus clouds have
- 19. when raindrops fall through a layer of air that is below 0 degrees Celsius
- 20. clouds that form near the ground
- 23. the type of weather you can expect with stratus clouds