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.

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

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Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  126s
AIRPRESSURE  214n
ALTITUDE  57s
BAROMETER  615n
CIRRUS  109n
CONDENSATION  1515n
CORIOLISEFFECT  88nw
CUMULUS  1515w
DENSITY  12s
DEWPOINT  52e
EVAPORATION  44s
FREEZINGRAIN  74s
GLOBALWIND  313n
HAIL  115e
HUMIDITY  114n
JETSTREAM  1411n
MONSOON  1110n
NIMBUS  910s
PRECIPITATION  1313n
SATURATION  53e
SLEET  88n
WATERCYCLE  61e
WEATHER  815n