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
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.

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

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2# T W A T E R C Y C L E # # D
3# # C # # R E T E M O R A B U
4G # # E V A P O R A T I O N T
5L # # # F # M O N S O O N # I
6O Y # # # F # S U L U M U C T
7B T # # # J E T S T R E A M L
8A I R P R E S S U R E # # # A
9L S # F R E E Z I N G R A I N
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11I E R E H T A E W # O # # L U
12N D E W P O I N T # # I E # R
13D N O I T A T I P I C E R P R
14# L I A H U M I D I T Y # O I
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Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  910w
AIRPRESSURE  18e
ALTITUDE  158n
BAROMETER  143w
CIRRUS  1515n
CONDENSATION  1515w
CORIOLISEFFECT  88nw
CUMULUS  146w
DENSITY  212n
DEWPOINT  212e
EVAPORATION  44e
FREEZINGRAIN  49e
GLOBALWIND  14s
HAIL  514w
HUMIDITY  614e
JETSTREAM  77e
MONSOON  75e
PRECIPITATION  1313w
SATURATION  41e
SLEET  1510sw
WATERCYCLE  32e
WEATHER  911w