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.

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

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2E T S T R A T U S # # U N # F
3E L C Y C R E T A W T R O # R
4L # # E L I A H C E N R I G E
5S # # V F # # E I A I I T L E
6A B M A # F J R D T O C A O Z
7T A O P # # E U R H P H T B I
8U R N O S Y T S A E W U I A N
9R O S R U T S S I R E M P L G
10A M O A L I T E N L D I I W R
11T E O T U S R R I # O D C I A
12I T N I M N E P M # # I E N I
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14N R # N C D M I U # # Y P O #
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Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  93s
AIRPRESSURE  815n
ALTITUDE  41e
BAROMETER  26s
CIRRUS  126n
CONDENSATION  1515w
CORIOLISEFFECT  88nw
CUMULUS  514n
DENSITY  614n
DEWPOINT  1110n
EVAPORATION  44s
FREEZINGRAIN  152s
GLOBALWIND  144s
HAIL  84w
HUMIDITY  128s
JETSTREAM  77s
MONSOON  36s
NIMBUS  910s
PRECIPITATION  1313n
SATURATION  15s
SLEET  15n
STRATUS  32e
WATERCYCLE  103w
WEATHER  103s