Across
- 4. Puffy, cotton-like clouds
- 6. Tool that shows wind direction
- 10. Any water that falls from the clouds.
- 13. Tool that measures rainfall amounts
- 15. When liquid water becomes vapor.
- 16. A spinning column of air that touches the ground.
- 20. Tool used to measure air temperature
- 21. Coldest layer, where meteors burn up
- 22. When air pushes on Earth’s surface.
- 23. Exist because of the tilt of the earth
- 24. The layer of gases around the Earth.
Down
- 1. Water vapor released by plants.
- 2. Weather, clouds, and people live here — lowest layer
- 3. A scientist who studies the weather.
- 5. Flat, gray clouds that cover the sky
- 7. Towering storm cloud that brings thunder and lightning
- 8. Hottest layer, Very thin air, contains auroras (northern lights)
- 9. When water vapor cools into droplets.
- 11. Contains the ozone layer that protects us from the sun’s rays
- 12. Tool used to measure air pressure
- 14. Outermost layer, where air blends into space
- 17. Tool used to measure wind speed.
- 18. The average weather of a place over time.
- 19. Wispy, feathery clouds high in the sky