A Day in the Atmosphere

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

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

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1C A I R P R E S S U R E # # #
2O O G L O B A L W I N D # # #
3N P R E C I P I T A T I O N T
4D O # I # R S N C # E # # E N
5E # I # O U E I O L # # E I A
6N V # T B L D T C O # L A # L
7S # A M A R I Y E T S R # M T
8A H I P A R C S N M G N A # I
9T N U I O R U I E N O E O R T
10I C N M E R O T I F R R E M U
11O # I T I P A Z A T F H A # D
12N # A R W D E T S S T E A B E
13# W # E R E I T I A # # C I #
14# # D # R U E T E O # # # T L
15# # # F # J S W Y # N # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  103sw
AIRPRESSURE  21e
ALTITUDE  155s
BAROMETER  1412nw
CIRRUS  210se
CONDENSATION  11s
CORIOLISEFFECT  88se
DEWPOINT  314ne
EVAPORATION  15se
FREEZINGRAIN  415ne
GLOBALWIND  32e
HAIL  1211se
HUMIDITY  39se
JETSTREAM  714ne
MONSOON  1410nw
NIMBUS  29ne
PRECIPITATION  33e
SATURATION  1012nw
SLEET  117ne
WATERCYCLE  213ne
WEATHER  815ne