Crossword Puzzle: The Water Cycle
Across
- 3. process in the water cycle during which streams and rivers carry water back to the oceans
- 4. The long-term average of weather conditions in a particular area, which can affect the water cycle
- 8. the process by which water changes from liquid form to an atmospheric gas
- 9. A natural or artificial lake where water is stored, often used for drinking water or irrigation
- 11. the process of giving off moisture through pores of skin or through the surface of leaves and plants
- 12. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
- 13. water from rainfall that is not absorbed into the soil and instead flows into streams or lakes
Down
- 1. The process of recycling water on Earth
- 2. the process in which a solid changes directly into a gas (skips the liquid phase)
- 5. the process by which water on the earth's surface enters the soil and becomes groundwater
- 6. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc
- 7. the process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water
- 10. water that can be found underground