To soak up or take something in.
The layer of gas surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity.
The change from a gas state to a liquid state.
The formation of highly ordered, solid structures from particles in a solution.
Change of a liquid to a vapor or gas.
The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another.
Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers.
When water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces in soil and rocks.
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky.
Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as visible light, ultraviolet radiation, and infrared (heat) radiation.
Rainfall and surface water that drain or flow from the land into streams, rivers, lakes, or the ocean.
The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter; the faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes.
The process by which plants lose water (water vapor) through the stomata in their leaves.
The constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans, and living things.