Water on Earth

3. an area of land that catches all precipitation and surface runoff and collects it in a body of water such as a river.
6. Runoff water that flows over land until it reaches lakes, rivers, and oceans.
8. Water water that collects underground.
9. a protected artificial or natural lake that is used to store water.
11. the process by which plants lose water through tiny pores on their leaves.
13. the layer of gases that surrounds Earth.
14. Cycle a set of processes energized by the sun that keep water moving from place to place on Earth.
15. the process by which a substance in its gaseous phase loses energy and enters the liquid phase.

1. the process of liquid moving through a porous substance.
2. condensed water vapor in the atmosphere falling back to Earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
4. a underground area of sediment and rocks that is filled with groundwater.
5. Vapor water in gas form.
7. Table the upper level of water underground.Below the water table ,all spaces are filled with groundwater .
8. a huge mass of ice that forms on land when snow and ice accumulate faster than they melt.
10. Water water found on Earth’s surface in places like oceans, lakes, rivers, and reservoirs.
12. the process by which a substance in its liquid phase gains energy and enters its gaseous phase.