Hydrosphere

3. when rain falls on the land, some of the water is absorbed into the ground forming pockets of water called groundwater.
5. is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
8. is the star at the center of the Solar System.
10. An area where the water table is at, near or above the land surface long enough during the year to support adapted plant growth
12. Soil and rock layers above the water table contain some moisture too, but here the pores contain air. They are not saturated.
13. a wetland dominated by peat moss
14. an area that drains into a smaller river
19. is a structure created in the ground by digging or drilling access
20. Materials such as clay and granite that water cannot seep through easily.
21. Materials that are full of tiny, connected air spaces, that water can seep through.

1. is drawn up when water rises because of pressure within an aquifer.
2. ¾ of our planet is water, so it is called the blue planet.
4. The area of permeable rock or soil that is totally filled with water is called the saturated zone
6. 3% of water found here
7. a large piece of freshwater ice floating in open waters
9. an area that drains into a large river
11. basins are made up of many interconnected watersheds
15. any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land
16. a wetland dominated by trees
17. is the path that all water follows as it moves around Earth in different states.
18. the largest bodies of water on Earth (contain salt water only)
22. a wetland dominated by grasses