waters of the earth
Across
- 2. The water droplets grow heavier and fall back to Earth in the form of precipitation, which is rain or snow.
- 3. ____ are smaller bodies of salt water, than oceans
- 5. type of water that contains salt and other minerals
- 7. large bodies of salt water.
- 8. material essential for life in earth
- 10. Precipitation soaks into the ground and runs into rivers, underground water reservoirs and, eventually the ocean.
- 11. Continuously moving flows of water, called ______, circulate through the oceans and affect climates and land.
- 14. egypt developed near the _____ river
Down
- 1. cooler temperatures in the atmosphere cause the water vapor to change into droplets that form clouds.
- 4. largest river on earth
- 6. The ________ cycle is the continual movement of water from Earth’s surface into the air and back again.
- 9. the sun heats the ocean, and water vapor rises up into the atmosphere.
- 12. a path of water that flows from a higher elevation to a lower elevation
- 13. a large body of water that is surrounded by land.