The Water Cycle

5. Bodies of air extending over large areas (1,000 miles or more) that develop and retain specific characteristics of pressure, temperature, and humidity
8. When water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces between soil and rocks
9. the total kinetic energy of the particles that make up matter
13. The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another
14. Water from precipitation that drains into a gully that flows into a stream, which in turn flows into a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, or the ocean
15. Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky

1. Change of a liquid to a vapor or gas
2. Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as visible light and ultraviolet and infrared (heat) radiation
3. The process by which plants lose water (water vapor) through the stomata in their leaves
4. The change from a gas state to a liquid state
6. Rainfall and surface water that drains or flows from the land into streams, rivers, lakes, or the ocean
7. The layer of gas surrounding planet Earth that is held in place by gravity and composed of a limited number of elements, primarily nitrogen and oxygen
10. The formation of highly ordered solid structures from particles in a solution
11. The transfer of energy into a medium
12. The constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans, and living things