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.

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

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5E O C V O C U I W E # # U M R
6N O I M A L Y S S L E # L E E
7S N P A Y P I C S N A L U T E
8A A I E T T O S R E E B S E Z
9T L T R I N C R E E R D O R I
10I T A T D I I # A F T P # L N
11O I T S I O R # # T F A R # G
12N T I T M P R # # # I E W I R
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14# D N J H E S S U B M I N T I
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Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  142w
AIRPRESSURE  1513nw
ALTITUDE  28s
BAROMETER  141s
CIRRUS  79s
CONDENSATION  11s
CORIOLISEFFECT  88se
CUMULUS  132s
DENSITY  129nw
DEWPOINT  615n
EVAPORATION  34se
FREEZINGRAIN  154s
GLOBALWIND  1511nw
HAIL  113w
HUMIDITY  513n
JETSTREAM  413n
MONSOON  21s
NIMBUS  1314w
PRECIPITATION  33s
SATURATION  131w
SLEET  138nw
WATERCYCLE  1312nw
WEATHER  1315w