Water Cycle
Across
- 2. When water vapor changes directly into ice without becoming liquid first
- 4. The amount of salt dissolved in water
- 6. Water falling from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
- 7. The average weather conditions of a place over a long period of time
- 8. Water stored underground in soil and rock
- 11. When ice changes directly into water vapor without becoming liquid first
- 12. When plants release water vapor into the air
- 16. When water vapor cools and forms tiny liquid droplets (like clouds)
- 17. Water that flows over land into rivers, lakes, or oceans
- 18. The combined process of evaporation and transpiration
- 19. An underground layer that holds and allows water to flow
- 20. The area of land where all water drains to the same river, lake, or ocean
- 21. The process of water soaking into the ground
- 22. The main source of energy that drives the water cycle
Down
- 1. When water gathers in oceans, lakes, and rivers
- 3. Water that is found on Earth’s surface in lakes, rivers, streams, and oceans
- 5. A large, slow-moving mass of ice formed from compacted snow
- 9. The layer of gases surrounding Earth where weather occurs
- 10. The continuous movement of water on, above, and below Earth’s surface
- 11. When snow and ice melt into liquid water
- 13. The movement of water through soil and rock underground
- 14. The process of water soaking into the ground
- 15. The process where liquid water turns into water vapor due to heat