Hydrologic Cycle 1

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Across
  1. 3. Frozen lumps of ice produced by thunderstorms
  2. 6. Lightest form of precipitation which occurs in fine drops falling close together
  3. 7. When the air is holding maximum amount of water it can hold the air is said to be ________
  4. 11. The temperature at which the air gets saturated is known as _______
  5. 12. The water which runs into rivers or seeps into underground streams is called as _________
  6. 14. ____ are agents of denudation which shapes our landscape
  7. 16. Moisture is given out by plants by a process known as ___________
  8. 18. Tiny drops of water that form water when water vapour condenses on the ground or cool surfaces
  9. 22. Process by which water vapour is converted into water
  10. 23. Relative humidity is expressed as ________
  11. 25. Coating of ice left when moisture is the air freezes or dew freezes into ice
Down
  1. 1. Amount of water in the atmosphere is called ______
  2. 2. Process through which water from the atmosphere falls down on the Earth is called ______
  3. 4. When water is boiling, the temperature remains fixed at 100 degrees although it continues to be heated. This extra heat which is absorbed is hidden and called _____
  4. 5. Droplets of water suspended in the atmosphere, closer to the surface of the Earth
  5. 8. The capacity of air to hold water vapour changes with ______
  6. 9. The interchange of the different states of water between the ocean, land and air is called ________
  7. 10. The process by which water is converted into water vapour by the heat of the Sun
  8. 12. The ____ provides energy for the hydrologic cycle
  9. 13. Dense mist is called _____
  10. 15. Mixture of rain and snow
  11. 17. Precipitation that reaches the Earth in liquid form
  12. 19. The amount of water vapour can be measured with a _______
  13. 20. Droplets of water suspended in the atmosphere, away from the surface of the Earth
  14. 21. _____ help create world climate
  15. 24. Precipitaion composed of powdery mass of ice crystals