Water cycle vocab

7. water containing less than 1,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, most often salt
8. the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere
10. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
11. the gas and aerosol envelope that extends from the ocean, land, and ice-covered surface of a planet outward into space
12. the amount of dissolved salts that are present in water.
13. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
17. the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
19. process where water vapor becomes liquid
20. Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock.
21. the study of the distribution and movement of water both on and below the Earth's surface

1. the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
2. the evaporation of water from plants occurring at the leaves
3. a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.
4. an element or compound transitions from its liquid state to its gaseous state below the temperature at which it boils
5. a large body of water surrounded by land.
6. is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.
9. a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together
14. a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
15. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
16. water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts (mainly sodium chloride)
18. (of a liquid) flow over and away from a surface.