A Day in the Atmosphere

ACIDRAIN
AIRPRESSURE
ALTITUDE
BAROMETER
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 22 words on this board.

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Answer Key for A Day in the Atmosphere

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1A # # S A T U R A T I O N # C
2I D N I W L A B O L G # # O O
3R N O I T A T I P I C E R P N
4P # F Y T I S N E D M I # # D
5R J # R N O I T A R O P A V E
6E # E # E M L H # L N N L R N
7S L # T B E U I I # S I T E S
8S # C U S M Z S A W O A I T A
9U U S Y I T E I E H O R T E T
10R # L D C F R A N # N D U M I
11E # I U F R T E # G # I D O O
12# T # E M H E E A # R C E R N
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ACIDRAIN  1213n
AIRPRESSURE  11s
ALTITUDE  135s
BAROMETER  1414n
CONDENSATION  151s
CORIOLISEFFECT  88sw
CUMULUS  714nw
DENSITY  104w
DEWPOINT  915w
EVAPORATION  155w
FREEZINGRAIN  34se
GLOBALWIND  112w
HAIL  109nw
HUMIDITY  77sw
JETSTREAM  16se
MONSOON  114s
NIMBUS  84sw
PRECIPITATION  133w
SATURATION  41e
SLEET  1115nw
WATERCYCLE  1015nw
WEATHER  108sw