Across
- 2. is a place where water moving underground finds an opening to the land surface and emerges, sometimes as just a trickle, maybe only after a rain, and sometimes in a continuous flow.
- 4. One of the more recent discoveries in the oceans are "thermal ocean
- 6. A water molecule contains 2 hydrogen (H) atoms and 1 oxygen (O) atom.
- 9. Take a breath and breathe out—you just participated in the global water cycle.
- 12. You know all about When you spill your red fruit drink onto your Mom's white carpet, she rushes (after glaring at you) to get a sponge to soak up the liquid before it "seeps down into the carpet".
- 13. and dew contain very tiny liquid water particles, like a cloud, and floats, like a cloud. Actually IS a cloud, but one that swirls around your feet instead of high in the sky.
- 14. are made of water, and water has weight, so how can they float?
Down
- 1. This is what makes the water cycle work
- 3. of the water that falls from the sky soaks into the ground and becomes groundwater, while some rainfall evaporates back into the sky.
- 5. is nothing more than water of the land surface.
- 7. If you look at this picture (or click on it for a larger version) you see that "tiny" blue ball sitting in the middle of the United States—if all the water on, in, and above the Earth was collected in one big ball, this is the size it would be.
- 8. A lake is a low area on the ground where water collects and pools.
- 10. In the grand scheme of the water cycle, may not play a very big role, but all including you, participate in moving water around as part of the water cycle.
- 11. and snow and glaciers are part of the water cycle, even though the water in them moves very slowly.