Vocab: Earth's Water

2. the change of state from a gas to to a liquid
7. the attractive force between two bodies of different substances that are in contact with each other.
8. the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things.
9. the boundary between drainage areas that have streams that flow in opposite directions
11. All bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground
12. the change of state from a liquid to a gas.
13. The change of state from a solid directly to a gas.
14. The water that is beneath Earth’s surface.
15. The upper surface of ground water; upper boundary of the zone of saturation

1. a stream that flows into a lake or into a larger system.
2. the path that a stream follows
3. the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance
4. The process of plants and other organisms releasing water vapor into the air through stomata.
5. a body of rock that stores groundwater and allows the flow of water.
6. the force that holds molecules of a single material together.
8. The area of land that is drained by a river system
10. any form of water that falls to Earth’s surface from the clouds.