Clouds and Weather Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Stratus Clouds | Low lying, horizontal layered clouds-gray in color -No precipitation except for possible drizzle. |
Cumulus Clouds | Puff-grows upward-can turn into a cumulonimbus cloud. |
Cumulonimbus Clouds | Thunderstorm clouds-very heavy and dense-produce precipitation, thunder, lightening and tornadoes. |
Cirrus Clouds | Wispy and feathery-form at high altitudes-made of ice crystals-thin-sun can pass through them |
Where 1 air mass meets the other | A Front |
When cold air moves into warm air its called | A cold front |
When warm air moves into cold air its called | A warm front |
Ocean water that flows from one place to another is called | A current |
The ocean interacts with the wind to create... | A surface current |
Surface currents are created when... | Wind blows over the water in a certain direction |
When warm air rises from land and meets cold air _ is created | Wind |
Biosphere | Includes all living things including people |
Geo-sphere | Includes the layers of the earth, rock formation and soil. |
Atmosphere | A mixture of gases surrounding earth, including air |
Hydrosphere | Earth's water |
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