A Day in the Atmosphere

ACIDRAIN
AIRPRESSURE
ALTITUDE
BAROMETER
CIRRUS
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 23 words on this board.

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Answer Key for A Day in the Atmosphere

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5# A R V F # I P U R I # T E O
6G T E A # F J D O M A C A T I
7L E E P # N E W I I U T T E T
8O R Z O E O T S E T N C I M A
9B C I R D O S T I A Y T P O S
10A Y N A U S T R # L T # I R N
11L C G T T N R A # # O H C A E
12W L R I I O E T # # A I E B D
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14N # I N L # M S L E E T P O O
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Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  1315w
AIRPRESSURE  131w
ALTITUDE  515n
BAROMETER  1412n
CIRRUS  126nw
CONDENSATION  1515n
CORIOLISEFFECT  88nw
CUMULUS  128nw
DENSITY  152w
DEWPOINT  52se
EVAPORATION  44s
FREEZINGRAIN  34s
GLOBALWIND  16s
HAIL  1211sw
HUMIDITY  51se
JETSTREAM  77s
MONSOON  613n
PRECIPITATION  1313n
SATURATION  61se
SLEET  814e
STRATUS  88s
WATERCYCLE  24s
WEATHER  87se