Water Cycle

4. the passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere
6. water is also underground and in the _______
8. a repeated pattern
12. a facility that treats and cleans water before it is used
15. the process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas caused by heat
17. the cooling of water in the atmosphere changing gas to a liquid
18. energy source that drives the water cycle
19. an artificial lake used to store water for various uses

1. the changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates down to Earth
2. water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail
3. most freshwater collects underground as ______
5. the main source of _____ on Earth is surface water that collects in swamps/marshes, lakes, streams, and rivers
7. a wide body of moving or flowing water
9. _____ water covers most of the Earth's surface in the ocean
10. a natural resource important to all living things
11. a particular order in which related events, movement, or things follow each other
13. rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean
14. a small body of water that is surrounded by land
16. a large body of still water surrounded by land