Chapter 13 Vocabulary
Across
- 2. water that flows out of the ground where the water table meets the surface
- 3. large body of standing water
- 6. water that contains little or no dissolved salts
- 10. Underground layer of porous rock that is saturated with groundwater
- 11. small body of standing freshwater
- 12. process in which water seeps into the ground
- 13. process in which water vapor changes to liquid water
- 15. process in which plants release water vapor through their leaves
- 19. freshwater below Earth’s surface
- 20. The process of snow and ice changing into water vapor without first melting into water
- 21. Water molecules are attracted to each other
Down
- 1. recipitation that flows over the surface of the land
- 4. water that falls from clouds to Earth’s surface
- 5. area that has soggy soil or is covered with water for at least part of the year and that has certain types of plants
- 7. constant movement of water through the oceans, atmosphere, land, and living things
- 8. process in which liquid water changes to water vapor
- 9. hole that is dug or drilled through the ground to an aquifer in order to obtain groundwater
- 14. large body of moving water that flows downhill in a channel
- 16. Water collects in rivers, lakes, oceans, and other bodies of water or as ice caps and glaciers
- 17. any body of freshwater that flows downhill in a channel
- 18. Water molecules are attracted to other substances