Weather Key Term Review Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• capacity : amount of material something can hold
• cumulus clouds : big, puffy clouds
• saturated : filled to capacity
• psychrometer : instrument used to find relative humidity
• isobar : line on a weather map that connects points of equal air pressure
• precipitation : water that falls to earth from the atmosphere
• polar air mass : air mass that forms over cold regions
• tropical air mass : air mass that forms over warm regions
• millibar : unit of measurement for air pressure
• relative humidity : amount of water vapor in the air compared with the amount of water vapor the air can hold at capacity
• air mass : large volume of air that has the same temperature and amount of moisture throughout
• hurricane : tropical storm with very strong winds
• specific humidity : actual amount of water in the air
• stratus clouds : clouds that form layers across the sky
• isotherm : line on a weather map that joins places that have the same temperature
• transpiration : process by which plants give off water vapor into the air
• dew point : temperature to which air must be cooled to reach saturation
• frost : ice formed from condensation below the freezing point of water
• cirrus clouds : light, feathery clouds
• rain gauge : device used to measure precipitation
• evaporation : changing of a liquid to a gas
• condensation : changing of a gas to a liquid