The Hydrologic Cycle Crossword

Underground layers of sand, gravel, and water-bearing rock where groundwater collects
Precipitation falling on land that flows over land surfaces into streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands and the ocean
Water that seeps deeper through soil
Also known as the water cycle, this cycle collects, purifies, and distributes Earth's fixed supply of water
Continual movement of the elements and compounds that make up nutrients through the air, water, soil, rock, and living organisms within ecosystems
The conversion of liquid water to water vapor
The process by which plants use evaporation to release excess water through tiny pores in their leaves
The conversion of water vapor or gas to a liquid
Water that falls back to Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
the process by which precipitation or water soaks into subsurface soils and moves into rocks through cracks and pore spaces