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Across 4. Rain, snow, sleet and hail falling from clouds is called ____. 8. Precipitation which evaporates before reaching the ground. 9. This occurs when sunlight diffracts through water droplets in very thin clouds. 10. Fog that forms when temperatures are below freezing. (2 Words) 12. These form from an airplane's hot, moist jet exhaust. 13. These clouds are flat and featureless, looking like layered sheets. 15. A large group of tiny water droplets that we can see in the air. 16. Appearing high in the sky, these clouds are thin and wispy.

Down 1. These have rotating updrafts that power them like an engine. They tend to bring hail and tornadoes and are incredible in appearance. 2. Clouds can contain millions of tons of ____. 3. Fog that forms into ice crystals instead of water vapor. This is very rare. (2 Words) 5. Cirrus clouds are collections of ____ which form in the upper levels of the atmosphere. (2 Words) 6. Common during afternoon thunderstorms in spring and summer, these clouds form a shelf or wedge in the sky. 7. This refers to an entire sky full of iridescent clouds. 10. A stratus type of cloud appearing very close to the ground. 11. These clouds indicate horrible weather coming. Appear as bulbous protrusions hanging high in the sky. 12. White balls of cotton floating in the sky, these clouds are puffy. 14. This type of cloud fills the sky near a thunderstorm, covering area miles around like an umbrella.