Water Cycle Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
  2. 5. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
  3. 8. Sea ice forms at the ocean surface once the surface temperature drops to the freezing point during fall and winter. The freezing point for salty ocean water is about 29oF (-2oC), slightly colder than it is for fresh water (32oF, 0oC).
  4. 9. the act or process of evaporating.
  5. 12. a dispersion, in air, of molecules of water, especially as produced by evaporation at ambient temperatures rather than by boiling.
  6. 14. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
  7. 15. a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility.
  8. 16. precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls
  9. 17. passage of water through a plant from the roots through the vascular system to the atmosphere.
  10. 19. water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
  11. 21. a covering of minute ice needles, formed from the atmosphere at night upon the ground and exposed objects when they have cooled by radiation below the dew point, and when the dew point is below the freezing point.
  12. 23. the act of combining parts or elements to form a whole.
Down
  1. 1. of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike
  2. 2. the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
  3. 3. n extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
  4. 4. falling products of condensation in the atmosphere, as rain, snow, or hail.
  5. 6. moisture condensed from the atmosphere, especially at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
  6. 7. of or living in water that is fresh or not salt
  7. 8. Consisting of or living in salty water, especially seawater
  8. 10. the act of combining parts or elements to form a whole.
  9. 11. he process by which atmospheric water vapor liquefies to form fog, clouds, or the like, or solidifies to form snow or hail.
  10. 13. Water that collects or flows beneath the Earth's surface, filling the porous spaces in soil, sediment, and rocks. Groundwater originates from rain and from melting snow and ice and is the source of water for aquifers, springs, and wells.
  11. 18. something that drains or flows off, as rain that flows off from the land in streams.
  12. 20. the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
  13. 22. a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.