Chapter 1A - Hydrological Cycle Key Terms

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