Hydrosphere

3. Materials such as clay and granite that water cannot seep through easily.
6. 97% of water is found here
8. A large channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope—made of many streams that come together
9. A small channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope—made of small gullies
12. An area where the water table is at, near or above the land surface long enough during the year to support adapted plant growth
14. the term used to describe an area that drains into a smaller river or stream
15. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.
16. the term used to describe an area that drains into a large river(2 words)
18. Materials that are full of tiny, connected air spaces, that water can seep through.
20. the water found in cracks and pores in sand, gravel and rocks below the earth’s surface
21. a wetland dominated by trees
22. the process by which liquid water changes to water vapor and enters the atmosphere as gas
24. is the movement of water from Earth’s surface downward into porous rock or soil.

1. 3% of water is found here
2. occurs when the droplet-laden clouds discharge themselves and water falls to Earth.
3. a large piece of freshwater floating in open waters
4. the process by which water vapor in the atmosphere changes to its liquid state.
5. Soil and rock layers above the water table contain some moisture too, but here the pores contain air.
7. A porous rock layer underground that is a reservoir for water
9. The area of permeable rock or soil that is totally filled with water
10. a wetland dominated by grasses
11. a wetland dominated by peat moss
13. any large mass of ice that moves in land
17. A body of water of considerable size contained on a body of land
19. is a structure created in the ground by digging or drilling access groundwater(2 words)
23. Water that does not get absorbed and collects in rivers, streams, and oceans is called