Across
- 7. water containing less than 1,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, most often salt
- 8. the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere
- 10. a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.
- 11. the gas and aerosol envelope that extends from the ocean, land, and ice-covered surface of a planet outward into space
- 12. the amount of dissolved salts that are present in water.
- 13. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
- 17. the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
- 19. process where water vapor becomes liquid
- 20. Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock.
- 21. the study of the distribution and movement of water both on and below the Earth's surface
Down
- 1. the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
- 2. the evaporation of water from plants occurring at the leaves
- 3. a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.
- 4. an element or compound transitions from its liquid state to its gaseous state below the temperature at which it boils
- 5. a large body of water surrounded by land.
- 6. is the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.
- 9. a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together
- 14. a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
- 15. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
- 16. water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts (mainly sodium chloride)
- 18. (of a liquid) flow over and away from a surface.