Earth's Waters

3. water from oceans or seas or both
5. a storage space for fluids
7. a large body of water within a body of land
8. transitional lands between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface, or the land is covered by shallow water
11. process where rain water soaks into the ground
14. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds
16. a zone of partially saturated soil just above the water table
18. rain, sleet, snow, or hail that falls to the earth as the result of water vapor condensing in the atmosphere

1. upper surface of an unconfined aquifer
2. is a transparent fluid which forms the world's streams, lakes, oceans and rain and is the major constituent of the fluids of organisms
4. soil, rock or sediment that is frozen for more than two consecutive years
6. a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea
9. evaporation of water from plants and leaves
10. describes the constant movement of water above, on, and below the earth's surface. Processes such as precipitation, evaporation, condensation, infiltration, and runoff comprise the cycle.
12. average length of time that an entity, in this case a water molecule, will remain in a reservoir
13. is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock
15. is the measure of all the salts dissolved in water
17. a geologic formation that holds and yields usable amounts of water
19. also known as Global Ocean Conveyor (Acronym)