Key Terms in the Water Cycle

1. The evaporation of water from soil plus the transpiration of water from plants (18)
5. Water caught by the trees that doesn't make it to the ground (12, 4)
9. Boundary between water-saturated ground and unsaturated ground (5, 5)

2. Process of water falling onto Earth's surface (13)
3. Trees and plants catch some water before it reaches the ground (12)
4. Water going into the ground and moving downwards through pore spaces of permeable rock or soil (12)
6. Water dripping from one leaf to the other, eventually reaching the ground (4, 4)
7. Water that falls directly into streams (4, 4)
8. Process that turns water into a gas or vapour by using the energy of the sun (11)
10. The transportation of an atmospheric property by the wind (9)

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