The Water Cycle

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Across
  1. 2. The water _____ is the movement of water as it moves around Earth through different states.
  2. 4. When people contaminate water droplets before they touch the ground, it's called ____ rain.
  3. 5. The ____ point is the temperature at which condensation occurs.
  4. 8. During evaporation, water turns into water ____.
  5. 9. During condensation, water vapor molecules become _____.
  6. 12. The process where water soaks into the water table and eventually evaporates.
  7. 13. When water flows through the water table and into the aquifers.
  8. 17. When the ground is saturated, ____ occurs.
  9. 19. When clouds are _______, they precipitate.
  10. 20. The process where a solid becomes a gas.
Down
  1. 1. As water evaporates, salts are left behind causing things like the ____ sea.
  2. 3. Transpiration acts as an _______ system for plants.
  3. 6. The process from which a plant absorbs groundwater and evaporates it through the stomata.
  4. 7. The water _____ is the soil above aquifers.
  5. 10. __________ occurs when clouds are saturated and release the water.
  6. 11. When water vapor condenses to create clouds.
  7. 14. Air pressure affects _________.
  8. 15. The opposite of sublimation.
  9. 16. The water cycle is driven by the ____ thermal energy.
  10. 18. Precipitated water is always fresh since ____ doesn't evaporate with water.