Unit 7 Vocabulary Words

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Across
  1. 3. any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface
  2. 5. a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore
  3. 8. water that fills up the spaces in underground soil or rock layers
  4. 10. The process in which water is lost through a plant's leaves
  5. 13. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
  6. 15. the change in state from a solid to a gas
  7. 17. Nina, when surface water in the eastern Pacific is colder than normal
  8. 18. The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
  9. 19. a large stream of moving water that flows through oceans
Down
  1. 1. the movement of water into the ground from the surface
  2. 2. a body of rock or sediment that is completely saturated
  3. 4. the change in state from a gas to a liquid
  4. 5. cycle - the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere
  5. 6. higher near the poles due to the freezing water leaving behind extra salt
  6. 7. effect, causes currents to move in circular patterns
  7. 9. table, the surface where the water pressure head is equal to the atmospheric pressure
  8. 11. allowing liquids or gases to pass through it.
  9. 12. the process in which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas
  10. 14. Nino, when surface water in the western Pacific Ocean is warmer than normal
  11. 16. a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance