Across
- 1. the process by which water moves through the earth and the atmosphere (2 words no space)
- 6. the layer of gases that surround the earth, commonly called the "air"
- 8. a layer of permeable rock that retains and filters water
- 9. largest body of water on earth
- 10. driving force of the water cycle, the force that causes objects with mass to attract one another
- 11. when water condenses in the atmosphere it turns into this...
- 12. the process where plants sweat water out
- 13. driving force of the water cycle, provides energy that heats the land and evaporates water
- 15. rainfall and surface water that drains or flows from land into streams, rivers, lakes, or the ocean (2 words no space)
- 16. water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers (2 words no space)
Down
- 2. the process where liquid molecules form an orderly, geometric solid (also known as snow)
- 3. to soak up or take something in
- 4. the process that causes water to change from a liquid to a gas, cause by heat
- 5. the process when water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces in soil and rocks
- 7. the process of water cooling in the atmosphere causing it to change from a gas to a liquid
- 14. water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, hail, and snow
