Across
- 1. Movements within the system
- 4. Water found beneath Earth's surface
- 7. A rock's ability to let water through it
- 8. The part of the Earth and atmosphere in which living organisms live
- 10. Seepage of water into soil or rock
- 11. Things which enter the system
- 12. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface
- 13. Things which leave the system
- 14. The outer layers of the earths surface (crust and upper mantle)
- 16. Water stored in the rocks following percolation
- 20. A smaller or shorter-term cycle within a larger or longer-term cycle.
Down
- 2. When the soil is full of moisture
- 3. Loss of water from a plant through its leaves
- 5. Water that is precipitated, intercepted by vegetation, evaporated and transpired before ever reaching the ground
- 6. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
- 7. The slow movement of water through pores in soil or permeable rock
- 9. Evaporation from plants and water surfaces (e.g. Lake)
- 15. Held within the system
- 17. Water which runs along the surface into collection points (streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, etc)
- 18. Process by which a liquid becomes a gas
- 19. A rock layer that stores and allows the flow of ground water