Water Cycle

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Across
  1. 6. The process of water freezing into structured solids like snowflakes.
  2. 11. Surplus water that flows over the land surface instead of soaking in.
  3. 12. Any form of water, like rain or snow, that falls from the atmosphere.
  4. 13. The force that pulls precipitation to the ground and moves runoff downhill.
  5. 14. The primary energy source that drives the entire water cycle.
  6. 15. The phase change from a solid (ice) to a liquid (water).
Down
  1. 1. The process where plants release water vapor through their leaves.
  2. 2. A general term for water shifting between solid, liquid, and gas states.
  3. 3. When ice or snow turns directly into gas without becoming a liquid first.
  4. 4. The process by which liquid water becomes water vapor.
  5. 5. An underground layer of rock or sediment that stores groundwater.
  6. 7. How animals and humans release water vapor into the air through breathing.
  7. 8. The process of water soaking into the soil and moving into the ground.
  8. 9. Water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
  9. 10. The cooling of water vapor into liquid droplets to form clouds.