A Day in the Atmosphere

ACIDRAIN
AIRPRESSURE
ALTITUDE
BAROMETER
CIRRUS
CONDENSATION
CORIOLISEFFECT
CUMULUS
DENSITY
DEWPOINT
EVAPORATION
FREEZINGRAIN
GLOBALWIND
HAIL
HUMIDITY
JETSTREAM
MONSOON
NIMBUS
PRECIPITATION
SATURATION
SLEET
WATERCYCLE
WEATHER

Find the following words covered in chapter 2 of your text book. We have discussed clouds and how they are formed and the types of precipitation that comes from clouds. Find the words in the word search below, then write their meanings in your own words on the back of the handout.

Try to find all 23 words on this board.

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Y T R A O C Z R H J E T C N T
A I P T B M R T S N N E O Q A
V D R E A O A U S I F I Y C A
R I E R L E R I O F T Q I L S
E M S C W R T P E A S D T A M
T U S Y I Y W S R U R I T S A
E H U C N E I O L A T U M U E
M A R L D L P U I U R Z O B R
O I E E O A M N D A A P N M T
R L R I V U M E T E E L S I S
A P R E C I P I T A T I O N T
B O H A T B O W A L L L O A E
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ACIDRAIN  154sw
AIRPRESSURE  31s
ALTITUDE  155sw
BAROMETER  114n
CIRRUS  49ne
CONDENSATION  115e
CORIOLISEFFECT  88ne
CUMULUS  513ne
DENSITY  122sw
DEWPOINT  510ne
EVAPORATION  413ne
FREEZINGRAIN  121w
GLOBALWIND  51s
HAIL  29s
HUMIDITY  28n
JETSTREAM  1514n
MONSOON  139s
NIMBUS  1413n
PRECIPITATION  313e
SATURATION  156sw
SLEET  1312w
WATERCYCLE  42s
WEATHER  57ne