Water Cycle Vocab

2. A ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral.
3. Water sticks to other things
6. A constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity.
7. Water that is under ground
13. The measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance
17. Ocean current driven by wind
19. Rain, Hail, Sleet, or snow
21. Ocean current driven by water density
24. The conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid.

1. Precipitation that runs off the landscape.
4. The percent of open spaces or voids within a volume of soil or rock.
5. A naturally occurring climate pattern associated with warming of the ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
6. Flow of ground water
8. The process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants.
9. A breeze blowing toward the land from the sea, especially during the day blowing to the relative warmth of the land.
10. The process by which the dissolved mineral salts in water are removed.
11. The level below which the ground is saturated with water.
12. A seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region.
14. Trade winds are even stronger than usual, pushing more warm water toward Asia.
15. The process water circulates
16. Water sticks to its self
18. An area of land that channels rainfall, snowmelt, and runoff into a common body of water.
20. The ability of a material to allow the passage of a liquid, such as water.
22. The dissolved salt content of a body of water.
23. A breeze blowing toward the sea from the land, especially at night, blowing to the relative warmth of the sea.