A Day in the Atmosphere

ACIDRAIN
AIRPRESSURE
ALTITUDE
BAROMETER
CIRRUS
CONDENSATION
CORIOLISEFFECT
CUMULUS
DEWPOINT
EVAPORATION
FREEZINGRAIN
GLOBALWIND
HAIL
HUMIDITY
JETSTREAM
MONSOON
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 21 words on this board.

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

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1N # # # A I R P R E S S U R E
2O T # S U L U M U C A # N # #
3I # C L Y # T M # T # # O N #
4T # # E # T O I U # # # I # N
5A # # E F N I R T M # A T # O
6R G # T S F A D A U R # A W I
7O # L O R T E E I G D C T E T
8P S O O I E R S N M I E I A A
9A N U O B T T I I D U # P T S
10V # N R S A Z E R L # H I H N
11E # # T R E L A M # O A C E E
12# # E # E I I W # O # I E R D
13# J # R # N C # I # R L R # N
14# # F D E W P O I N T A P O O
15E L C Y C R E T A W D # B # C
Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  136sw
AIRPRESSURE  51e
ALTITUDE  51se
BAROMETER  1315nw
CIRRUS  713nw
CONDENSATION  1515n
CORIOLISEFFECT  88nw
CUMULUS  102w
DEWPOINT  414e
EVAPORATION  111n
FREEZINGRAIN  314ne
GLOBALWIND  26se
HAIL  1210s
HUMIDITY  119nw
JETSTREAM  112ne
MONSOON  83sw
PRECIPITATION  1313n
SATURATION  121sw
SLEET  42s
WATERCYCLE  1015w
WEATHER  146s