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.

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

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1D # S N O I T A S N E D N O C
2N # U N T # M I # # # # P O F
3I # T O N M A R Y T # # R B R
4W # A I I O E P T E # I E A E
5L E R T O N R R I E O # C R E
6A D T A P S T E D L # S I O Z
7B U S R W O S S I S A D P M I
8O T U O E O T S M T C E I E N
9L I L P D N E U U W I N T T G
10G T U A # F J R H E D S A E R
11H L M V F # A E # A R I T R A
12A A U E # T # # # T A T I # I
13I # C C I R R U S H I Y O # N
14L T # O # # # # # E N # N # #
15# # N # # W A T E R C Y C L E
Word X Y Direction
ACIDRAIN  117s
AIRPRESSURE  81s
ALTITUDE  212n
BAROMETER  143s
CIRRUS  413e
CONDENSATION  151w
CORIOLISEFFECT  88sw
CUMULUS  313n
DENSITY  127s
DEWPOINT  59n
EVAPORATION  412n
FREEZINGRAIN  152s
GLOBALWIND  110n
HAIL  111s
HUMIDITY  99n
JETSTREAM  79n
MONSOON  63s
PRECIPITATION  133s
SATURATION  126sw
SLEET  107n
STRATUS  37n
WATERCYCLE  615e
WEATHER  109s