Water cycle key terms
Across
- 3. The balanced state of a system when inputs and outputs are equal.
- 4. A part of the system where energy/mass is stored or transferred.
- 5. A graph that plots river discharge against time.
- 7. The process by which water vapour changes into liquid water
- 9. Water locked up in surface ice in larger quantities.
Down
- 1. Total output of water form the drainage basin back into the atmosphere from evaporation and transpiration.
- 2. A form of linkage between one component and another that involves the movement of energy or mass.
- 3. An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
- 6. A discontinuous layer of water at or near the earth's surface. Includes all liquid and frozen surface waters, groundwater held in soil and rock.
- 8. A set of interrelated components working together towards equilibrium.