Water Cycle

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Across
  1. 2. The layer of gases surrounding Earth
  2. 4. Water flowing over land into streams
  3. 5. The energy from the Sun that powers evaporation
  4. 8. Plants that slow runoff and increase infiltration
  5. 11. The release of water vapor from plants
  6. 12. The steepness of land that affects runoff
  7. 13. When the ground cannot hold any more water
  8. 16. The process where liquid water changes into water vapor
  9. 18. Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds
  10. 19. Large masses of ice that store freshwater
  11. 20. What is required to change water from liquid to gas
Down
  1. 1. The largest reservoir of Earth’s water
  2. 3. The top layer of land where runoff occurs
  3. 6. Long-term weather patterns that influence the water cycle
  4. 7. The process where water vapor cools and forms liquid droplets
  5. 9. The process by which water soaks into the ground
  6. 10. A repeating process
  7. 14. A resource that is naturally replaced over time
  8. 15. The force that pulls water downward
  9. 17. Water that does not contain large amounts of salt