The Water Cycle and Groundwater Systems
Across
- 1. Any formation where groundwater rises under its own pressure
- 9. The amount of open space between soil
- 10. The area water first goes through when infiltrating the soil before it gets to the zone of saturation
- 11. Hot springs, water turns to steam and erupts
- 12. When water collects in rivers, lakes, oceans and other bodies of water or as ice caps and glaciers
- 13. Condensed water vapor that falls back to Earth
- 14. This forms when the water table intersects the ground surface
- 15. When water can not pass through a substance
- 16. When plants absorb water through their roots and give off water vapor through their leaves
- 18. Precipitation that reaches Earth's surface and flows over land
- 20. The process of snow and ice changing into water vapor without first melting into water
Down
- 2. The process of a liquid changing into a gas due to an increase in temperature or pressure
- 3. This area of a groundwater system fills up first
- 4. When over use of the well happens sometimes parts of the groundwater systems start to collapse creating this
- 5. The process of a gas changing into a liquid due to a decrease in temperature or pressure
- 6. When water can pass through easily
- 7. When the Zone of Saturation is fully saturated this is formed on top
- 8. This kind of water is found under the surface of the Earth
- 17. When water soaks into the soil from the ground level and moves into rocks and the soil
- 19. This kind of water is found on the surface in wetlands, streams, and lakes