Across
- 4. The process by which plants lose water through the stomata in their leaves
- 5. The force that causes objects with mass to attract to one another
- 9. The day to day state of the atmosphere
- 10. When water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces between soil and rocks.
- 11. The layering of gas surrounding planet Earth
- 12. The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter. The faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes (2 words)
- 14. Rainfall and surface water that drains or flows from land into streams, rivers, lakes, or the ocean
- 16. The change from a liquid to gas or vapor
Down
- 1. Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as visible light and ultraviolet and infrared (heat) radiation (2 words)
- 2. Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers
- 3. water from precipitation that drains into a gully that flows into a stream, which in turn flows into a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, or the ocean(2 words)
- 6. The constant movement of water through the land, air, ocean, and living things (2 words)
- 7. The average weather patterns for a particular region over a long period of time (30 or more years)
- 8. The change from a gas to a liquid
- 13. Rain, sleet, snow, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky
- 15. The transfer of energy into a medium (any matter)