The way the water world works
Across
- 7. condensed forms of water vapor
- 9. The lowest and densest region of the Earth's atmosphere
- 10. pressure, the force on a surface caused by weight of the atmosphere, pressing down on earth
- 11. parcel, an amount of air that moves as a unit
- 13. the light of the sun; sunshine.
- 16. when plants suck water through the roots
- 17. the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth
- 18. the ability to make things move or change
- 19. The changing of a liquid into a gas, often under the influence of heat
- 20. a measure of how much water vapor is in the air
Down
- 1. the measure of how hot or cold something is
- 2. the phase change where gas or vapor turns into a liquid
- 3. the star that is the central body of the earth's solar system
- 4. a transient storm of lightning and thunder
- 5. something we see to be same over and over again
- 6. a violent storm with winds whirling around a small area of extremely low pressure, usually characterized by a dark funnel-shaped cloud causing damage along its path
- 8. water, water that accumulates on the surface of the ground, such as during flooding or when the ground becomes saturated
- 12. the long-term prevalent weather conditions of an area
- 14. any form of water—liquid or solid—that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail
- 15. where something comes from