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.

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

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2O O P # E # # # # U U N G E E
3N A R S N A # # # R M O L L R
4D L E I T I T # # R I I O C U
5E T C S O R A H # I D T B Y S
6N I I U A L A R E C I A A C S
7S T P L B T I T D R T R L R E
8A U I U A N U S U I Y O W E R
9T D T M R I O R E S C P I T P
10I E A U O M T O A F # A N A R
11O N T C M B E # S T F V D W I
12N S I # E U E # # N I E # # A
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14# T N J E T S T R E A M N T #
15# Y # F R E E Z I N G R A I N
Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  1210nw
AIRPRESSURE  1512n
ALTITUDE  23s
BAROMETER  57s
CIRRUS  106n
CONDENSATION  11s
CORIOLISEFFECT  88se
CUMULUS  411n
DENSITY  29s
DEWPOINT  21e
EVAPORATION  1212n
FREEZINGRAIN  415e
GLOBALWIND  132s
HAIL  111e
HUMIDITY  112s
JETSTREAM  514e
MONSOON  1214nw
NIMBUS  68s
PRECIPITATION  33s
SATURATION  45se
SLEET  714n
STRATUS  43se
WATERCYCLE  1411n
WEATHER  41se