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.

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

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1# # # A I R P R E S S U R E S
2# T # # # D E W P O I N T V U
3# # C # # # N I A R D I C A T
4# F R E E Z I N G R A I N P A
5# N A # F H U M I D I T Y O R
6E I L # # F M O N S O O N R T
7L M T R E T E M O R A B # A S
8C B I # D E N S I T Y # # T R
9Y U T E E L S C I R R U S I E
10C S U L U M U C # L # # # O H
11R # D D N I W L A B O L G N T
12E J E T S T R E A M L I A H A
13T N O I T A T I P I C E R P E
14A # N O I T A R U T A S # O W
15W # # N O I T A S N E D N O C
Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  143w
AIRPRESSURE  41e
ALTITUDE  35s
BAROMETER  127w
CIRRUS  89e
CONDENSATION  1515w
CORIOLISEFFECT  88nw
CUMULUS  810w
DENSITY  58e
DEWPOINT  62e
EVAPORATION  141s
FREEZINGRAIN  24e
GLOBALWIND  1311w
HAIL  1412w
HUMIDITY  75e
JETSTREAM  112e
MONSOON  76e
NIMBUS  25s
PRECIPITATION  1313w
SATURATION  1214w
SLEET  79w
STRATUS  157n
WATERCYCLE  115n
WEATHER  1514n