Across
- 2. release of water vapor from plants into the atmosphere.
- 6. top of zone of saturation where ground becomes completely filled with water.
- 7. measure of open space in rock or sediment that can hold water.
- 9. process by which surface water replenishes groundwater in an aquifer.
- 11. volume of water flowing past a point in a stream or river over time.
- 13. rock or sediment layer that can store and transmit groundwater.
- 15. process where water vapor cools and changes back into liquid droplets.
- 16. Water that flows over the land surface toward rivers and streams.
Down
- 1. Water that falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
- 3. land area that drains rainfall and runoff into a common body of water.
- 4. process where liquid water changes into water vapor.
- 5. ability of a rock or sediment to allow water to pass through it.
- 8. downward movement of water through deep rock layers often below water table.
- 10. Water found beneath Earth’s surface within pores and fractures of rock or sediment.
- 12. continuous movement of water through Earth's atmosphere, surface, and subsurface.
- 14. process of water soaking into the soil from the ground surface.