A Day in the Atmosphere

ACIDRAIN
AIRPRESSURE
ALTITUDE
BAROMETER
CIRRUS
CONDENSATION
CORIOLISEFFECT
CUMULUS
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 23 words on this board.

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

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1C # # S A T U R A T I O N W #
2O O P # # # # S L C # N D A #
3N # R N N # # U T I # O E T #
4D # E I # I # T I R # I W E #
5E # C A O # A A T R # T P R G
6N R I R I L # R U U # A O C L
7S E P G Y R I T D S # R I Y O
8A H I N # T P S E I E O N C B
9T T T I O C I R E T C P T L A
10I A A Z # O U D E F # A # E L
11O E T E E L S M I S F V # # W
12N W I E # # O N U M S E # # I
13# # O R # R # # O L U U C # N
14# # N F A L I A H M U H R T D
15N I M B U S M A E R T S T E J
Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  1210nw
AIRPRESSURE  45se
ALTITUDE  91s
BAROMETER  415ne
CIRRUS  102s
CONDENSATION  11s
CORIOLISEFFECT  88se
CUMULUS  69se
DEWPOINT  132s
EVAPORATION  1212n
FREEZINGRAIN  414n
GLOBALWIND  155s
HAIL  914w
HUMIDITY  1113nw
JETSTREAM  1415w
MONSOON  1014nw
NIMBUS  115e
PRECIPITATION  33s
SATURATION  41e
SLEET  711w
STRATUS  88n
WATERCYCLE  141s
WEATHER  212n