Water Cycle Crossword: Puzzle 1

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Across
  1. 2. The force that pulls precipitation to the ground and causes water to flow downhill.
  2. 3. Any form of water, like rain, snow, or hail, that falls from the clouds to the Earth's surface.
  3. 6. The process of liquid water turning into a gas and rising into the atmosphere.
  4. 7. The process where water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water, forming clouds.
  5. 8. The process by which water from plants is released as vapor into the atmosphere.
  6. 10. Large masses of ice, primarily located in polar regions, that store a large amount of Earth's freshwater.
  7. 11. Water that runs off along the surface of the land into bodies of water.
  8. 12. The downward movement of water through the soil and rock.
Down
  1. 1. Energy from the sun that heats the Earth and drives the water cycle.
  2. 4. Large body of water.
  3. 5. Water in its gaseous form in the atmosphere.
  4. 7. Visible masses of tiny water droplets or ice crystals floating in the atmosphere.
  5. 9. A large body of water found underground in porous rock.
  6. 10. Water that is located underground, as in a spring or well.