Water Cycle

4. / Equation that summarises the flow of water in a drainage basin over time.
7. / Process by which water pools in large bodies.
11. / Water passing through rock pores and joints in the ground.
14. / Vertical movement of air
16. / Rate at which a saturated parcel of air cools as it rises in the air.
17. / Water and ice that falls from clouds towards the ground
18. / Expansion of air as pressure lowers as it rises and cools
20. / Vegetation capturing precipitation before it reaches the ground.
21. / Rate at which a parcel of dray air cools
24. Movement of air in the lower atmosphere / caused by warm air rising.
25. / Water and ice that falls from clouds towards the ground
26. / Rainwater that moves through the soil layer.
27. / Loss of ice from snow, ice sheets and glaciers.
28. / The vertical distribution of temperature in the lower atmosphere
29. / Rainwater that moves through vegetation before moving into the ground.

1. / Diffusion of water vapour to the atmosphere from the leaf pores (stomata) of plants.
2. / Layer clouds
3. / Rainwater that moves across the surface of the land.
5. / No movement of air as it is cooler than its surroundings.
6. / Clouds with flat bases and vertically high
8. / Water and ice that falls from clouds towards the ground
9. / Phase change from solid to gas without passing through the liquid phase.
10. / Vertical temperature profile f the lower atmosphere at a given time.
12. / Phase change of liquid water to vapour.
13. / Phase change of vapour into liquid.
15. / Temperature at which water vapour condenses to form water droplets
19. capacity / Maximum amount of water that can be stored in the ground before it reaches saturation.
22. / Area of land from which all water will drain into one river
23. / High altitude clouds, made of ice crystals