Chapter 13 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. water that flows out of the ground where the water table meets the surface
  2. 3. large body of standing water
  3. 6. water that contains little or no dissolved salts
  4. 10. Underground layer of porous rock that is saturated with groundwater
  5. 11. small body of standing freshwater
  6. 12. process in which water seeps into the ground
  7. 13. process in which water vapor changes to liquid water
  8. 15. process in which plants release water vapor through their leaves
  9. 19. freshwater below Earth’s surface
  10. 20. The process of snow and ice changing into water vapor without first melting into water
  11. 21. Water molecules are attracted to each other
Down
  1. 1. recipitation that flows over the surface of the land
  2. 4. water that falls from clouds to Earth’s surface
  3. 5. area that has soggy soil or is covered with water for at least part of the year and that has certain types of plants
  4. 7. constant movement of water through the oceans, atmosphere, land, and living things
  5. 8. process in which liquid water changes to water vapor
  6. 9. hole that is dug or drilled through the ground to an aquifer in order to obtain groundwater
  7. 14. large body of moving water that flows downhill in a channel
  8. 16. Water collects in rivers, lakes, oceans, and other bodies of water or as ice caps and glaciers
  9. 17. any body of freshwater that flows downhill in a channel
  10. 18. Water molecules are attracted to other substances