Unit 5 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. cycle the cycle through which water in the hydrosphere moves; includes such processes as evaporation, precipitation, and surface and groundwater runoff
  2. 3. the interplay that occurs when the effect of one factor (such as environment) depends on another factor (such as heredity)
  3. 6. the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
  4. 9. part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere
  5. 11. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
  6. 12. liquid to gas
  7. 15. the mostly solid, rocky part of the Earth; extends from the center of the core to the surface of the crust.
Down
  1. 2. gas to liquid
  2. 4. the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
  3. 5. the process by which water moves downward in the soil, toward the water table
  4. 7. all the water on earth
  5. 8. the amount of water vapor in the air
  6. 10. of heat transfer where heat energy is directly transferred between molecules through molecular collisions or direct contact.
  7. 13. a mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.
  8. 14. the energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures