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