The Hydrosphere

1. The line between the water-saturated soil and the soil that is not saturated with water
5. A dense, icy pack of old snow
6. Water falling from the atmosphere as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
8. The cooling of a gas that hapens when the gas expands with no way of getting more energy
9. Evaporation and condensation of a mixture to separate out the mixture's individaul components
13. The largest source of liquid freshwater
14. The process by which a gas turns into a liquid
15. The vast majority of water on earth
17. The largest soure of freshwater on the planet

2. Evaporation of water from plants
3. The process by which water moves downward in the soil, toward the water table
4. Water enters the atmopshere through ______ and transpiration.
7. Small airborne particles upon which water vapor condenses to form clouds
10. The process by which water is continuously exchanged between earth's various water sources
11. The average time a given particle will stay in a given system
12. The sum of all water on a planet
16. A measure of the mass of dissoved salt in a given mass of water