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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Answer Key for A Day in the Atmosphere

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1# # W A T E R C Y C L E F T #
2# J E T S T R E A M # R N T H
3# # A R H A I L O Y E I C N U
4N # T # U # # N T E O E O R M
5O C H # # S S I Z P F I E E I
6I U E # # O S I W F T # D T D
7T M R # O N N E E A S S U E I
8A U # N E G D S R U # U T M T
9S L # D R # I O B P # R I O Y
10N U # A # L P M # # R R T R #
11E S I # O A I # # # # I L A T
12D N # I V N I A R D I C A B E
13N P R E C I P I T A T I O N E
14O O # # D N I W L A B O L G L
15C # S A T U R A T I O N # # S
Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  1312w
AIRPRESSURE  1312nw
ALTITUDE  1312n
BAROMETER  1412n
CIRRUS  1212n
CONDENSATION  115n
CORIOLISEFFECT  88ne
CUMULUS  25s
DENSITY  49ne
DEWPOINT  78ne
EVAPORATION  413ne
FREEZINGRAIN  131sw
GLOBALWIND  1414w
HAIL  53e
HUMIDITY  151s
JETSTREAM  32e
MONSOON  102sw
NIMBUS  612ne
PRECIPITATION  313e
SATURATION  315e
SLEET  1515n
WATERCYCLE  31e
WEATHER  31s