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Forces of Nature Crossword Puzzle

Solve the following Crossword

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ACROSS

1. the process by which material from the earth's surface is worn away by forces such as glaciers, wind, and waves.
2. a frozen form of precipitation that falls as ice crystals formed into flakes.
3. pellets of frozen rain or a storm of such pellets.
4. the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as characterized by sunshine, moisture, temperature, precipitation, and other variables.
5. water vapor in the atmosphere that condenses and falls from the sky to earth.
6. natural electricity produced in thunderstorm clouds and appearing as a bright flash or streak of light in the sky.

   

DOWN

1. the force by which a planet or other such body tends to draw objects toward its center.
2. the periodic change, occurring about every twelve hours, in the height of the surface of oceans and bodies of water near or feeding into them, caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
3. a powerful cyclonic storm that originates in the West Indian region of the Atlantic Ocean and that has heavy rains and winds exceeding seventy-three miles, or 119 kilometers, per hour.