Across
- 5. Large natural stream of water flowing toward an ocean or lake.
- 8. Body of water surrounded by land.
- 9. Process where water gathers in rivers, lakes, or oceans.
- 10. The layer of gases surrounding Earth.
- 11. Large body of salt water covering most of Earth’s surface.
- 12. Water falling from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
- 17. Water released from plant leaves into the air.
- 19. Water vapor cooling and turning into tiny liquid droplets.
- 20. Water flowing over land toward streams and rivers.
Down
- 1. Water found underground in soil and rock.
- 2. Continuous movement of water between land, air, and oceans.
- 3. Liquid water changing into water vapor.
- 4. Ice crystals that fall when air is cold and moist.
- 6. Frozen or partly frozen rain that falls in cold weather.
- 7. Process where water soaks into the ground.
- 13. Visible mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the sky.
- 14. Force that pulls falling water toward Earth’s surface.
- 15. Balls or lumps of ice that fall during some storms.
- 16. What the sun supplies to power the water cycle.
- 18. Star that provides energy driving the water cycle.