Winter Weather Word Puzzles

Cinny Nym
"Hi, I'm Cinny Nym, Dean of Faculty at Vocabulary University.

Find the "winter words" in the two Winter Weather Puzzles. The correct answers are at the bottom of the page.
Go to two other Winter Weather Puzzles and Winter Vocabulary Word List:
  • Winter Crossword Puzzle - Crosswords
  • Winter Word Find Puzzle - Word Find
  • Weather Alphalary™ (A-Z word list) of 278 words is below the next two puzzles.
  • To see our other 140 Alphalary word lists go to the Alphalary link.


  • Feel free to make a copy for use at school or at home!
    Our Science: WEATHER WORDS Alphalary™ has 278 words. Note: Capitalized words come from the puzzles!
    A: ABRASION, accuracy, acid rain, air, air pressure, altitude, anemometer, arctic, atmosphere, avalanche, axis
    B: balance, barometer, barometric pressure, blackout, BLIZZARD, breezy, bright, broadcast
    C: Celsius, celestial, centigrade, CFC, chemicals, CHILBLAIN, chill, circulation, cirrus, clear, climate, cloudy, coalescence, cold, color, composition, condensation, conditions, controversial, CONTUSION, convection, conversion, crystals, cumulus, current, cycle, cyclone
    D: damage, damp, decay, degree, deluge, demonstrate, density, detection, devastation, dew, dew point, direction, dissipation, disruption, doldrums, Doppler radar, downpour, dreary, droplets, drought, drizzle, dry, dull, dust devils
    E: earthquake, easterlies, eclipse, eddies, El Nino, electricity, emergency, energy, erosion, eruption, evaporation, extreme, environment, evacuate, evaporation
    F: Fahrenheit, flood, flooding, Foehn, fog, forecast, freezing, freezing rain, FRIGID, front, frost, funnel
    G: gale, gauge, GLACIAL, global, gravity, greenhouse effect, gusty
    H: hail, hailstone, haze, high tide, heat, heat wave, high pressure, hot, humidity, hurricane
    I: ice, impact, inclement, Indian Summer, inexact, influence, informative, inquiry, instruction, instruments, intermittent, inversion, INVIGORATE, isobar, isotherm
    J: jet stream
    K: knot
    L: LACERATION, landslide, latitude, layers, lightening, liquid, longitude, low pressure, low tide
    M: maritime, measurement, melt, mercury, meteorologist, meteorology, mild, millibar, mist, moisture, moon, monsoon, movement, mud slide, muggy
    N: natural, nature, normal
    O: observation, ocean, occluded front, occlusion, orbit, outage, overcast, ozone
    P: pattern, pollution, pouring, power, precipitation, prediction, pressure, puddles
    Q: quaking
    R: radar, radiation, rain, raindrop, rainbow, rainfall, regional, regulation, report, research, rotation
    S: satellite, saturation, scale, scorching, severe, shady, showers, sirocco, sky, sublimation, sleet, smog, snow, snowstorm, solar system, space, squall, storm, stratus clouds, sunshine, sunny, sunrise, sunset, survival, swirling
    T: technology, temperate, temperatures, thermometer, thunder, thunder clouds, thunder showers, thunderstorms, tidal wave, tornado, torrent, torrential, track, transmission, tremor, trigger, tropical, trough, tsunami, typhoon
    U: umbrellas, undulate, uniform, upwind
    V: vapor, variegated, velocity, violent, visibility, vital, volcanic eruption
    W: warm, warm front, warming, warnings, watch, water, wave, weather, weather forecast, westerly, wet, whirlwind, wind, wind shear, windstorm, wintry
    X:
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    Z: zone

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    Lesson Plan ideas for weather:
  • 1. Give examples of the technology that meteorologists use to track weather conditions like hurricanes, etc.
  • 2. Discuss the formation of weather fronts
  • 3. What are some causes of ice storms, hale storms, lightening storms, hurricanes and heat waves?
  • 4. Four main forms of lightening strikes exist. Discuss each one and illustrate your findings. (ball, bead, sheet, streak)
  • 5. Research the meaning of "Tornado Alley." Why do residents of OK, KS and TX react to this term?
  • 6. You can go to MORE SCIENCE CONTENT at these links on the School Calendar:
    MultiScience (Chemistry, Physics & Geology)
    Tropical Rain Forest
    Biology: Insects & Bugs
    Geography
    Earth Day Celebration
    Science History - People
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    Reminder:
    Don't forget to complete other activities and educational exercises from our current Session #139:

    Interactive grade level puzzles: ["S139 Level 1"] -- ["S139 Level 2"] -- ["S139 Level 3"]
    Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S139Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 3-FITB"]
    Definition MATCH: ["S139Level 1-Match"] -- ["S139Level 2-Match"] -- ["S139Level 3-Match"]
    Crosswords: ["S139Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S139Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S139Level 3 C/W"]
    Find the Words: ["S139Level 1 WF"] -- ["S139Level 2 WF"] -- ["S139Level 3 WF"]
    Is It True or False?: ["S139Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 3 T/F"]
    Synonym/Antonym Encounters: ["S139Level 1-Syn/Ant"] -- ["S139Level 2-Syn/Ant"] -- ["S139Level 3-Syn/Ant"]
    Contextual Stories: ["S139Level 1 Story"] -- ["S139Level 2 Story"] -- ["S139Level 3 Story"]


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    ANSWERS:
    Snow #1: 1 - frigid, 2 - blizzard, 3 - glacial, 4 - invigorate
    Snow #2: 1 - chilblain, 2 - contusion, 3 - abrasion, 4 - laceration


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