Across
- 2. the gathering of water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams
- 4. a large, slow moving mass of ice that stores frozen water
- 5. energy, the heat from the sun that powers the entire water cycle
- 8. water, where runoff goes
- 12. the process of water seeping into the soil or porous rock
- 13. vapor, water in gaseus state
- 15. a measure of the amount of water vapor currently in the air
- 17. comes from precipitation
- 18. the blanket of gases surrounding the earth, where water vapor is held
- 20. the process in which makes clouds
Down
- 1. water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, or snow
- 3. made from condensation
- 6. an underground layer of rock or sediment that hold and moves ground water
- 7. the force that pull precipitation down and causes runoff to flow downhill
- 9. something that falls from clouds
- 10. point, the temperature at which water vapor begins to condense into liquid
- 11. the sun powers this process
- 14. the process of ice or snow changing directly into water vapor without melting first
- 16. where plants release water vapor
- 19. cycle, the changes to water when going through this cycle