Across
- 1. small pellet sized pieces of ice that are usually transparent or translucent
- 3. a weather instrument used to measure precipitation
- 7. measures air pressure
- 9. falls from the clouds as rain, sleet, snow or hail
- 11. measure direction of the wind
- 15. large pieces of ice that develop due to an updraft and downdraft inside of a cumulonimbus cloud
- 16. when water vapor returns to a liquid state usually forming clouds
- 17. the measure of the amount of water in the air
- 18. a weather instrument used to measure heat
Down
- 2. liquid water changes to water vapor
- 4. a violent disturbance in the atmosphere
- 5. the state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place
- 6. the temperature at which water vapor condenses
- 8. the percentage of water vapor that the air has as compared to what it will actually hold
- 9. a weather instrument used to measure humidity by using a wet bulb and a dry bulb thermometer
- 10. water vapor that is released from the stomata of plants during photosynthesis
- 12. used to measure humidity in the air
- 13. the sound created when the air instantly expands due to heat released from lightning
- 14. thunder cloud