Weather Crossword Puzzle 1/23/15 - Mr. Bulluck's Science Class

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(Key # 1 - 681547)

Weather Crossword Puzzle 1/23/15

Complete the crossword puzzle.

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4 The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place

5 Clouds that are think and puffy on top and flat on the bottom

7 The amount of water vapor in the air.

8 White and feathery clouds that are made of ice crystals rather than liquid water droplets

9 Clouds that are thin, flat, and single layered

13 Occurs when an obstacle, such as a mountain range, forces a mass of air upward (2 words)

16 Instrument that measures and displays temperature

17 Drives the water cycle and provides the energy for cloud formation (2 words)

18 At high altitudes, where temperatures are very cold, clouds are composed of these (2 words)

21 Huge, rotating storms that form over the ocean near the equator

22 Water vapor that condenses near Earth's surface

24 Huge mass of ocean water that gets pushed onto coastal areas, causing sea levels to rise several meters (2 words)

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1 Any form of water that falls to Earth's surface from the clouds

2 Prefix that means middle

3 Intense local storm that forms strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, thunder, snow and sometimes hail or no precipitation at all

6 A collection of small water droplets or ice crystals that are suspended in the air.

10 Occurs when a warm air mass rises over a cold air mass, or when a mass of cold air slides under a mass of warm air (2 words)

11 Analysis of scientific data to predict future weather conditions

12 Used to name high clouds

14 Sound created by the rapid expansion of air along a lightning strike

15 Prefix that means rain

19 A destructive, rotating column of air with very high wind speeds that is often visible as a funnel-shaped cloud

20 Electric discharge that happens between positively and negatively charged areas

23 The temperature at which the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation. (2 words)

Answer Key: Key # 1 - 681547

Weather Crossword Puzzle 1/23/15

Complete the crossword puzzle.

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