The Water Cycle

3. A geological formation containing ground water that can be used to supply wells or springs.
8. Condensation falling onto land in the form of rain, sleet, hail, snow, and mist.
10. This defines precipitation that travels over the soil surface to the nearest stream channel.
11. It is usually formed on the side of a hill, or below the local water table.
13. The process of snow and ice melting into surface water and moving across the soil surface into streams.
15. The opposite of evaporation; it occurs when air cools and the vapor collects into liquid form.
17. The journey water takes as it passes from the land
18. The vertical and lateral movements of water through spaces between soil and rock layers.
19. Contain 96.5% of the world’s water supply and comprises over 70% of the Earth’s surface.
21. The invisible, gaseous form of water.

1. Occurs when the sun heats water up and it becomes vapor in the air.
2. The science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
4. This includes wetlands, lakes, ponds, and large rivers that hold freshwater.
5. The star that is the source of light and heat for the solar system and powers the water cycle.
6. The movement of water out of the ground.
7. An area of land where all the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place.
9. The water that exists for long periods below the Earth’s surface.
12. The downward movement of water from the land surface into the soil or porous rock.
14. The means to which water is carried through the plants from the roots.
16. A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
17. To cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid.
20. The change and movement of the Earth’s water from liquid to vapor to solid.Down