Part 2 Unit 4: Water and the Water Cycle

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Across
  1. 2. the level below which the ground is saturated with water.
  2. 5. The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth.
  3. 8. the falling to earth of any form of water
  4. 9. an aquifer surrounded by a layer of impermeable rock or clay that impedes water flow
  5. 10. Water that can be easily seen above Earth's surface
  6. 11. A layer of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks & pores are COMPLETELY FILLED with water
  7. 12. attraction between molecules of different substances
  8. 15. A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.
  9. 18. An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water
  10. 21. Geologic material with little or no permeability.Water does not pass through this layer or the rate of movement is extremely slow.
  11. 23. A layer of rock and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air as well as water
Down
  1. 1. a highland or ridge that separates one watershed from another
  2. 3. Attraction between molecules of the same substance
  3. 4. an aquifer made of porous rock covered by soil out of which water can easily flow
  4. 6. The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
  5. 7. the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
  6. 10. The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius
  7. 13. A measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid
  8. 14. the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants
  9. 16. The change of state from a gas to a liquid
  10. 17. the process in which a solid changes directly into a gas
  11. 19. Ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it
  12. 20. water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
  13. 22. the volume of open spaces in rock or soil