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
STRATUS
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 24 words on this board.

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S T R A T U S R A R L O H T M
Y H E I F Y U P E E M I F E F
I T C E O S B R R H O T A R R
G R I D L L M E T T N A L C E
L E P S N S I S S A S R T Y E
O T I Y N I N S T E O O I C Z
B E T V T E A U E W O P T L I
A M A O Q I D R J F N A U E N
L O T S D B D E D X F V D I G
W R I S U R R I C I U E E L R
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N B N N O I T A R U T A S T I
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Answer Key for A Day in the Atmosphere

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7L E P S N S I S S A S R T Y E
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12W R I S U R R I C I # E E # R
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14N B N N O I T A R U T A S T I
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ACIDRAIN  1214nw
AIRPRESSURE  81s
ALTITUDE  135s
BAROMETER  214n
CIRRUS  912w
CONDENSATION  11e
CORIOLISEFFECT  88se
CUMULUS  1113w
DENSITY  710nw
DEWPOINT  115e
EVAPORATION  1212n
FREEZINGRAIN  154s
GLOBALWIND  16s
HAIL  1115e
HUMIDITY  1014nw
JETSTREAM  99n
MONSOON  114s
NIMBUS  78n
PRECIPITATION  33s
SATURATION  1314w
SLEET  67nw
STRATUS  13e
WATERCYCLE  141s
WEATHER  109n