Water Crossword

5. type of weathering where rock is broken down through chemical reactions
9. the process that wears down and carries away rock and soil
10. solid water (ice) is weird because it is less ________ than liquid water
11. because water is a great solvent, it is considered a ____________ solvent, meaning it will dissolve almost any substance
15. process where water droplets or ice crystals fall back to the ground
16. the substance being dissolved
17. type of weathering where rock is physically broken down

1. water is attracted to itself
2. the substance doing the dissolving
3. a bend in the water level when it is placed in a container
4. water is evaporated off of the leaves of plants
6. process by which rocks are chemically altered or physically broken down
7. process that changes liquid water into a gas
8. the ability of one substance to dissolve another substance
12. most of our water evaporates from and precipitates back into the ____________.
13. water is attracted to something else
14. process where water vapor forms droplets on small particles in the air