Chapter 1A - Hydrological Cycle Key Terms
Across
- 4. the process in which water moves from the sea, into the atmosphere, onto and into land and back to the sea.
- 5. the blocking of rainfall by vegetation, preventing it from reaching the ground.
- 6. the process by which a gas changes into a liquid due to cooling.
- 8. water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, hail and sleet.
- 10. water lost through both evaporation and transpiration.
- 14. the amount of water in the soil before a rainfall event.
- 16. rainfall reaches the ground in a forest by draining down the trunks of plants.
- 17. the movement of water into the soil from the surface
- 19. the lateral transfer of water downslope through the soil.
Down
- 1. a system in which material is neither being created or lost.
- 2. water lost through the leaves of plants.
- 3. a system in which material can either be lost or gained.
- 7. a material that does not allow water to pass through
- 9. the amount of sunlight reaching a given point on the earth surface.
- 11. water seeping into the river from the bedrock.
- 12. water flowing under the ground until it reaches the surface.
- 13. the water found underground in cracks and spaces in the soil, sand and rocks.
- 14. an underground layer of permeable rock in which water is stored in the rock pores.
- 15. rain that falls through the leaves and branches of plants.
- 18. the draining away of water as overland flow.