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.

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

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2I O # # T # C U M U L U S # #
3R P R E C I P I T A T I O N A
4R # E I D E W P O I N T # # I
5U L # R O # # Y T I S N E D R
6S # A # # L S U B M I N R E P
7N I A R G N I Z E E R F E D R
8N # # # M O N S O O N # H U E
9# M A E R T S T E J # # T T S
10Y T I D I M U H # F # # A I S
11# B A R O M E T E R F # E T U
12# N O I T A R O P A V E W L R
13G L O B A L W I N D # # C A E
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15W A T E R C Y C L E # H A I L
Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  81sw
AIRPRESSURE  153s
ALTITUDE  1413n
BAROMETER  211e
CIRRUS  11s
CONDENSATION  11e
CORIOLISEFFECT  88se
CUMULUS  72e
DENSITY  145w
DEWPOINT  54e
EVAPORATION  1212w
FREEZINGRAIN  127w
GLOBALWIND  113e
HAIL  1215e
HUMIDITY  710w
JETSTREAM  99w
MONSOON  58e
NIMBUS  126w
PRECIPITATION  33e
SATURATION  314e
SLEET  16ne
WATERCYCLE  115e
WEATHER  1312n