Water Cycle Crossword
Across
- 7. Condensation falling onto land in the form of rain, sleet, hail, snow, and mist
- 10. A geological formation containing ground water that can be used to supply wells or springs
- 12. The vertical and lateral movements of water through spaces between soil and rock layers
- 13. occurs when air cools and the vapor collects into liquid form
- 15. when water droplets accumulate in an area
- 17. The process by which green plants use water, carbon dioxide and energy from the sun to synthesize food
Down
- 1. An area of land where all the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place
- 2. the release of water vapor from plants
- 3. Air surrounding the earth which carries moisture
- 4. The star that is the source of light and heat for the solar system and powers the water cycle
- 5. The invisible, gaseous form of water
- 6. The change and movement of the Earth’s water from liquid to vapor to solid
- 8. The downward movement of water from the land surface into the soil or porous rock
- 9. Occurs when the sun heats water up and it becomes vapor in the air
- 11. precipitation that travels over the soil surface to the nearest stream channel
- 14. Contain 96.5% of the world’s water supply and comprises over 70% of the Earth’s surface
- 16. A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground