Across
- 5. Bodies of air extending over large areas (1,000 miles or more) that develop and retain specific characteristics of pressure, temperature, and humidity
- 8. When water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces between soil and rocks
- 9. the total kinetic energy of the particles that make up matter
- 13. The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another
- 14. Water from precipitation that drains into a gully that flows into a stream, which in turn flows into a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, or the ocean
- 15. Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky
Down
- 1. Change of a liquid to a vapor or gas
- 2. Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as visible light and ultraviolet and infrared (heat) radiation
- 3. The process by which plants lose water (water vapor) through the stomata in their leaves
- 4. The change from a gas state to a liquid state
- 6. Rainfall and surface water that drains or flows from the land into streams, rivers, lakes, or the ocean
- 7. The layer of gas surrounding planet Earth that is held in place by gravity and composed of a limited number of elements, primarily nitrogen and oxygen
- 10. The formation of highly ordered solid structures from particles in a solution
- 11. The transfer of energy into a medium
- 12. The constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans, and living things