Across
- 3. middle layer of the atmosphere
- 7. water vapor turning into liquid droplets in clouds
- 9. downward movement of water through soil
- 11. Earth’s frozen water system
- 13. atmospheric layer where weather occurs
- 14. flux, movement of carbon between Earth systems
- 15. water soaking into the ground
- 18. water released by plants through leaves
- 19. underground water storage zone
- 21. water, water stored in living matter
- 24. caps, frozen regions near the poles
- 26. calving, breaking of ice sheets into the ocean
- 28. lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere
- 29. cycle, continuous circulation of Earth’s water
- 30. flow of water over land after rain
Down
- 1. cycling, exchange of carbon through nature
- 2. zone where all living organisms exist
- 4. layer that absorbs ultraviolet radiation
- 5. combined evaporation and plant transpiration
- 6. release of carbon dioxide by organisms
- 8. process where plants absorb carbon dioxide
- 10. formation of cloud droplets
- 12. water falling from clouds to the surface
- 16. gas, gas that traps heat in the atmosphere
- 17. ice changing directly to water vapor
- 20. large slow-moving body of ice
- 22. energy, energy source driving the water cycle
- 23. reservoir, storage area of carbon in oceans or forests
- 25. capacity, maximum water soil can hold after drainage
- 27. circulation, deep ocean circulation system