Water and Water Cycle Vocabulary
Across
- 4. process of water slowly moving through a filter like water moving through the soil
- 7. water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in the rock
- 10. process of a gas changing into a liquid
- 14. a slanted or tilted surface
- 15. vapor: water in the gaseous phase
- 18. process of water moving from the ground surface into the soil
- 19. the measure of hot or cold something is
- 21. a state of matter that stays fixed in a firm, stable shape
- 22. process of water moving through a plant and evaporating out of the leaves, stems, and flowers
- 24. a group of atoms bonded together to create a basic unit of a chemical
- 25. the natural force that pulls all objects on earth towards the center of the earth
Down
- 1. cycle: a cycle that is a continuous circulation of water in the earth's atmosphere system
- 2. when water sits on the surface as drops
- 3. a part of the cycle where water is temporarily collected and stored
- 5. a state of matter that expands freely into any available space
- 6. process of a liquid changing into a gas
- 8. a state of matter that flows freely but is of constant volume
- 9. a tool used to measure temperature
- 11. vapors condense to form water droplets
- 12. moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops
- 13. process of water gathering into an specific area like a lake
- 16. the draining away of water from the surface of the land
- 17. vane: tells the direction that the wind is blowing
- 20. gauge: measures how much rain has fallen
- 23. process of a solid changing directly into a gas without passing through the liquid phase like ice turning into a gas