Water - vocab

2. water-saturated land area that supports aquatic plants
6. precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
7. water in rivers, lakes, streams,ponds, and wetlands
9. A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean.
12. Water that doesn't soak into the ground or evaporate but instead flows across Earth's surface.
13. water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
15. a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, which forms when the air is cooled and condensation occurs
17. All the water on earth
19. Formed when rain falls through a layer of freezing air.
21. water in the form of a gas
22. A lake that stores water for human use.
23. A stream or river that flows into a larger river
24. The change of state from a gas to a liquid
25. a barrier that runs across a river or stream to control the flow of water

1. A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent
3. a large body of water surrounded by land
4. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
5. The upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater
8. Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
10. A long period of dry weather
11. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.
14. A large mass of moving ice and snow on land
16. wetland that is muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body
18. The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
20. slightly salty