Science Spelling

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. Gas in the air that we need to breathe (6)
  2. 6. A change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid (11)
  3. 8. The process of giving off or exhaling water vapor through the skin or mucous membranes (13)
  4. 9. A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas (8)
  5. 12. Wetness in the atmosphere (8)
  6. 13. The atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere (12)
  7. 14. The atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere (10)
  8. 15. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (plural) (10)
  9. 16. Layer of air around the Earth (10)

Down

  1. 1. Spinning funnel of wind that touches the ground (plural) (9)
  2. 2. The process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state (12)
  3. 3. How hot or cold something is (11)
  4. 4. The atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere (12)
  5. 7. An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure (9)
  6. 10. The lowest atmospheric layer (11)
  7. 11. The earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (11)