Water Supply and Sustainability

5. power, usually electricity, generated using moving water
9. conversion of a vapor or gas into a liquid
12. the layer of gases(air) around a planet
13. layers of rock full of holes that hold weater or let it pass through
15. preservation of a resource
16. the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the surface of the earth
18. water in the air, including rain, snow, sleet, hail, or heavy mist
19. includes water in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, and groundwater.
23. areas of land where water falls, separates, and flows into different rivers and lakes

1. water that is present under the ground in soil and rock
2. the route water takes to be repeatedly recycled through clouds, rainwater, groundwater, rivers and the sea
3. most indoor water use occurs in this room
4. working with the minimum amount of waste
6. water that runs over the land rather than soaking in
7. a measurement of water use
8. a process by which seawater is converted into freshwater
10. usable in a way that maintains the resource
11. evaporation of water from plant leaves
14. when water is heated and changes from a liquid to a gas
17. a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
20. used to collect and store rainwater for reuse on your garden
21. a colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms
22. a long period with little rain