Unit 4: Water in Earth's Processes (Ch 10)

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Across
  1. 6. most freshwater can be found frozen solid in these
  2. 9. water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
  3. 10. the process of changing water into water vapor (liquid to gas)
  4. 11. major power source of the water cycle
  5. 13. layer of rocks and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air as well as water
  6. 16. characteristic of material through which water does not easily pass
  7. 17. the collection of water
  8. 18. process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops
Down
  1. 1. harmful substance in the air, water, and soil
  2. 2. a land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year
  3. 3. characteristic of a material that is full of tiny, connected air spaces that water can seep through
  4. 4. top of the saturated zone, or depth to the groundwater under Earth's surface
  5. 5. occurs as air and water vapor rise and cool, cloud formation (gas to liquid)
  6. 7. a place where groundwater flows to the surface
  7. 8. a well in which water rises because of pressure within an aquifer
  8. 12. any form of water that falls from the clouds and reaches Earth's surface
  9. 14. layer of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water
  10. 15. the evaporation from plants
  11. 19. an underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water