Hydrosphere Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The process which occurs when the droplet-laden clouds discharge themselves and water falls to Earth
  2. 6. ____ can evaporate, run off the surface or soak into the underground.
  3. 7. ____ materials that are full of tiny, connected air spaces, that water can seep through.
  4. 8. Basin: An area that drains into a large river
  5. 11. An area that drains into a smaller river or stream
  6. 15. Where most of the Earth’s fresh water supply is found
  7. 16. ____ time is the amount of time the average molecule of water stays in a reservoir.
  8. 18. zone: The area of permeable rock or soil that is filled with water
  9. 19. table: The top of the saturated zone
  10. 20. the water being evaporated from plants
  11. 22. Water that does not get absorbed and collects in rivers, streams, and oceans
  12. 24. Zone: Where the pores of the rock layers contain air and are not saturated
  13. 25. The process of water moving through the soil
Down
  1. 1. The movement of water from Earth’s surface downward into porous rock or soil
  2. 3. The process by which liquid water changes to water vapor and enters the atmosphere as gas
  3. 4. Ocean: When water falls into oceans
  4. 5. The process by which water vapor in the atmosphere changes to its liquid state
  5. 8. A large channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope—made of many streams that come together
  6. 9. water: The water found in cracks and pores in sand, gravel and rocks below the earth’s surface
  7. 10. A body of water of considerable size contained on a body of land
  8. 12. A small channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope—made of small gullies
  9. 13. An area where the water table is at, near or above the land surface long enough during the year to support adapted plant growth
  10. 14. A storage location for water such as an ocean, glacier, pond, or even the atmosphere is known as a ____
  11. 17. ____ materials such as clay and granite that water cannot seep through easily.
  12. 21. A porous rock layer underground that is a reservoir for water
  13. 23. A structure created in the ground by digging or drilling access groundwater in underground aquifers