Water Cycle Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. The process by which plants lose water through the stomata in their leaves
  2. 5. The force that causes objects with mass to attract to one another
  3. 9. The day to day state of the atmosphere
  4. 10. When water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces between soil and rocks.
  5. 11. The layering of gas surrounding planet Earth
  6. 12. The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter. The faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes (2 words)
  7. 14. Rainfall and surface water that drains or flows from land into streams, rivers, lakes, or the ocean
  8. 16. The change from a liquid to gas or vapor
Down
  1. 1. Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as visible light and ultraviolet and infrared (heat) radiation (2 words)
  2. 2. Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers
  3. 3. water from precipitation that drains into a gully that flows into a stream, which in turn flows into a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, or the ocean(2 words)
  4. 6. The constant movement of water through the land, air, ocean, and living things (2 words)
  5. 7. The average weather patterns for a particular region over a long period of time (30 or more years)
  6. 8. The change from a gas to a liquid
  7. 13. Rain, sleet, snow, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky
  8. 15. The transfer of energy into a medium (any matter)