A Day in the Atmosphere

ACIDRAIN
AIRPRESSURE
ALTITUDE
BAROMETER
CONDENSATION
CORIOLISEFFECT
CUMULUS
DENSITY
DEWPOINT
EVAPORATION
FREEZINGRAIN
GLOBALWIND
HAIL
HUMIDITY
JETSTREAM
MONSOON
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 22 words on this board.

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

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Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  614n
AIRPRESSURE  815n
ALTITUDE  513n
BAROMETER  115n
CONDENSATION  1515w
CORIOLISEFFECT  88nw
CUMULUS  42e
DENSITY  1211n
DEWPOINT  914n
EVAPORATION  44s
FREEZINGRAIN  14e
GLOBALWIND  11e
HAIL  151w
HUMIDITY  312n
JETSTREAM  77s
MONSOON  116s
PRECIPITATION  1313n
SATURATION  1413n
SLEET  211s
STRATUS  211n
WATERCYCLE  154s
WEATHER  103w