The Water Cycle

2. A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
3. This includes wetlands, lakes, ponds, and large rivers that hold freshwater.
7. The vertical and lateral movements of water through spaces between soil and rock layers.
9. The invisible, gaseous form of water.
11. It is usually formed on the side of a hill, or below the local water table.
13. The star that is the source of light and heat for the solar system and powers the water cycle.
14. To cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid.
15. The science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
17. Occurs when the sun heats water up and it becomes vapor in the air.
18. The movement of water out of the ground.
19. The means to which water is carried through the plants from the roots.
20. The downward movement of water from the land surface into the soil or porous rock.
21. The process of snow and ice melting into surface water and moving across the soil surface into streams.

1. A geological formation containing ground water that can be used to supply wells or springs.
4. The change and movement of the Earth’s water from liquid to vapor to solid.
5. Contain 96.5% of the world’s water supply and comprises over 70% of the Earth’s surface.
6. The water that exists for long periods below the Earth’s surface.
8. The opposite of evaporation; it occurs when air cools and the vapor collects into liquid form.
9. An area of land where all the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place.
10. The journey water takes as it passes from the land
12. Condensation falling onto land in the form of rain, sleet, hail, snow, and mist.
16. This defines precipitation that travels over the soil surface to the nearest stream channel.