The Water Cycle

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Across
  1. 2. water vapor cools and becomes a liquid
  2. 4. runoff water ends up in surface water before being evaporated again
  3. 5. a process at which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to the gaseous state
  4. 6. vapor, water in its gas form
  5. 9. 3% of earths water is
  6. 11. cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
  7. 13. a tiny sphere of a liquid
  8. 15. the continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
  9. 17. The amount of water vapor in the air
  10. 18. water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface
  11. 20. where most of the energy that drives the water cycle comes from
  12. 21. The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
  13. 23. Pulls down on H2O so it falls
  14. 25. submerge in a liquid
  15. 28. groundwater is stored deep in underground pools called
  16. 29. the solid part of the earth's surface
  17. 31. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles
Down
  1. 1. when precipitation hits the ground, it is either absorbed, or it flows over the surface of the earth
  2. 3. the water that plants give off as part of their respiratory process (they "breathe" in carbon dioxide and "breathe" out oxygen - in this process, they also make water)
  3. 5. surface, the outermost level of the land or sea
  4. 7. the application of water to an area in order to supplement or replace natural precipitation
  5. 8. the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil; downward movement of water through soil
  6. 10. clear ice pellets precipitation, forms when rain falls through layer of freezing air
  7. 12. when water in the form of ice, rain, sleet, hail, or snow, falls to Earth
  8. 14. forceful exertion
  9. 15. an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point at a lower elevation
  10. 16. move through a system and return to the starting point
  11. 19. The process of removing water from saltwater
  12. 22. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
  13. 24. A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon
  14. 26. a form of energy transferred by a difference in temperature
  15. 27. The most abundant water on earth is
  16. 30. a cloud at ground level