Weather

4. An arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
5. A severe tropical cyclone having winds in excess of 64 knots (74 mi/hr).
7. The process by which water in plants is transferred as water vapor to the atmosphere
9. When a gas is turned into a liquid
10. The layer of air surrounding the earth
11. The process by which a liquid is turned into a gas
12. Scientist who study the weather
15. A cloud in the form of individual, detached domes or towers that are usually dense and well defined. It has a flat base with a bulging upper part that often resembles cauliflower

1. Nonliving physical features of an environment including water, air and temperature
2. A severe weather condition characterized by low temperatures and strong winds (greater than 32 mi/hr) bearing a great amount of snow
3. The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere and below the mesosphere (between 10 km and 50 km), generally characterized by an increase in temperature with height.
6. Water falling from clouds
8. Droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
13. n intense, rotating column of air that protrudes from a cumulonimbus cloud in the shape of a funnel or a rope and touches the ground.
14. A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning