Hydrologic Cycle

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Across
  1. 2. A place where groundwater bubbles or flows to the surface through cracks in the ground
  2. 4. The water found in plants and animals
  3. 8. The gravitational movement of water through the soil and bedrock
  4. 11. An expansive groundwater reservoir
  5. 14. Conversion of liquid water to water vapor, a process that requires energy from the sun
  6. 19. The change from water vapor to liquid water accompanied by cooling temperatures
  7. 20. The movement of groundwater to the surface of the Earth
  8. 21. The release of water from plants through their stomata
  9. 24. The Earth sphere where cloud formation occurs
  10. 25. The process of water soaking into the soil surface
  11. 26. The Earth sphere that contains all water
  12. 28. The amount of water held in the atmosphere
  13. 29. A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere
Down
  1. 1. The process of water uptake by plants
  2. 2. The state change from ice directly to water vapor
  3. 3. Permanently frozen water storage reservoirs usually found at high elevations
  4. 5. Open reservoirs on land where liquid water pools and collects
  5. 6. The transfer of water from animals through their pores as water vapor
  6. 7. Flow of water over land
  7. 9. Water frozen in soil year round
  8. 10. The process of changing water from solid state to liquid state
  9. 12. Water frozen in large expanses at the poles of Earth
  10. 13. Rain, sleet, hail or snow falling from the atmosphere
  11. 15. Water that fills the cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers
  12. 16. The Earth sphere containing all life
  13. 17. The largest water storage reservoir
  14. 18. Rapidly moving surface water that transports water in channels
  15. 22. A water reservoir that is the top most layer of the Earth’s crust
  16. 23. A low altitude form of condensed water droplets
  17. 27. The movement of water vapor within the atmosphere
  18. 30. Water condensed on plants