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.

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

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5A H A L T I T U D E F # E N S
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Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  1412n
AIRPRESSURE  1512n
ALTITUDE  35e
BAROMETER  612ne
CIRRUS  133w
CONDENSATION  115e
CORIOLISEFFECT  88ne
CUMULUS  96w
DENSITY  314ne
DEWPOINT  814e
EVAPORATION  124w
FREEZINGRAIN  12e
GLOBALWIND  101w
HAIL  1010ne
HUMIDITY  26s
JETSTREAM  97w
MONSOON  811ne
NIMBUS  38e
PRECIPITATION  313e
SATURATION  156sw
SLEET  1312n
STRATUS  1312w
WATERCYCLE  14s
WEATHER  13e