water cycle
Across
- 5. the continuous movement of water
- 7. the process of turning from liquid into vapor
- 10. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere
- 11. he saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water
- 14. an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land
- 15. a ribbon-like body of water that flows downhill from the force of gravity
- 16. the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or landmass
- 18. water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts
- 20. the way in which a whole or mixture is made up
Down
- 1. water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock
- 2. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
- 3. any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water
- 4. the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts
- 6. weather that occurs in the troposphere, or the lowest layer of the atmosphere
- 8. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
- 9. the branch of science concerned with the properties of the earth's water, and especially its movement in relation to land
- 12. water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it
- 13. any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity from clouds
- 17. the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
- 19. flow over and away from a surface
- 21. a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided