Water Cycle Crossword Puzzles: Free Printable and Online

Follow a single droplet through our Water Cycle crossword puzzles on Grid Genius. Test your knowledge of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection, and the processes that keep the planet's water in constant motion.

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Water Cycle

Hard · 11×11 · 12 words
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  1. 1. Wintry mix that's neither entirely here nor there
  2. 2. Flag down a cab, or duck from falling ice stones
  3. 7. It has banks but no money and a bed but doesn't sleep
  4. 8. Earth's hidden, subterranean stash of hydration
  5. 10. Skip the liquid middleman to go straight from solid to gas
  6. 11. Make a long story short, or let drops gather on cold glass

Down

  1. 1. Bounce back, or well up fresh from the ground
  2. 3. Chilly crown sitting on top of the world
  3. 4. Stored up potential waiting patiently behind a dam
  4. 5. The phantom form of boiling liquid
  5. 6. Secretly leak out, as a botanical sweat
  6. 9. Expected to arrive (homophone), or morning moisture

Water Cycle

Medium · 11×11 · 15 words
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  1. 2. Pelting ice from a violent thunderstorm
  2. 4. A continuous, repeating sequence of natural events
  3. 6. Natural flowing watercourse heading to the sea
  4. 8. Filter gradually through a porous surface, like brewing coffee
  5. 10. Harden into a solid state due to plunging temperatures
  6. 12. Freezing rain's slushy cousin
  7. 13. Large geographical depression holding a body of water

Down

  1. 1. Vast salty reservoir that holds most of Earth's moisture
  2. 3. Solid state achieved below zero degrees Celsius
  3. 5. Squeeze together, or form droplets on a cold glass
  4. 6. Excess precipitation that flows over the earth's surface
  5. 7. Flowing body of water smaller than a river
  6. 9. Glistening morning moisture found on blades of grass
  7. 11. Precipitation that might prompt the opening of umbrellas
  8. 12. The celestial heat engine driving the entire process

Water Cycle

Medium · 11×11 · 16 words
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  1. 1. Solid state that floats in your drink
  2. 3. Fluid state between solid and gas
  3. 5. Thermal energy responsible for melting
  4. 6. Invisible airborne form of H2O
  5. 9. Exhale moisture from botanical leaves
  6. 12. Vast salty expanse covering most of the globe
  7. 13. Liquid precipitation that nourishes crops
  8. 14. Celestial energy source driving the entire cycle
  9. 15. Sizable inland body of fresh water
  10. 16. Early morning moisture found on grass

Down

  1. 2. Turn into thin air, literally
  2. 4. Tiny spherical unit of precipitation
  3. 7. Underground permeable rock layer holding moisture
  4. 8. Gather together on a cold glass
  5. 10. Low-lying visibility reducer
  6. 11. Flaky winter blanket material

Water Cycle

Easy · 11×11 · 18 words
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  1. 2. A fine spray of moisture suspended in the air
  2. 4. A tiny bead of falling liquid
  3. 6. The solid earth where precipitation lands
  4. 8. Hot mist rising from boiling water
  5. 9. Solid frozen state of water
  6. 10. To soak up moisture like a sponge
  7. 14. Invisible gas form of moisture in the air
  8. 15. A continuous series of events that repeat
  9. 16. Frozen white flakes falling in winter
  10. 17. Warmth that causes moisture to evaporate

Down

  1. 1. A thick cloud resting on the ground
  2. 3. The star that provides heat to our planet
  3. 5. Green living thing that pulls moisture from the earth
  4. 7. The massive body of salt water covering the earth
  5. 8. The outside layer of the earth or an ocean
  6. 11. Heavy weather with strong winds and precipitation
  7. 12. Drops of moisture falling from clouds
  8. 13. To change from solid ice into a fluid

Water Cycle

Easy · 11×11 · 19 words
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  1. 3. A light spray of moisture hanging in the air
  2. 5. A very large expanse of salt liquid
  3. 6. Frozen white flakes falling from the sky
  4. 8. A freezing mixture of rain and snow falling together
  5. 9. A state of matter that is not solid or liquid
  6. 11. Drops of fresh liquid that fall from clouds
  7. 12. A small pool of rain left on the ground
  8. 13. A large natural path of flowing liquid into a sea
  9. 14. To change from a solid block to a liquid state
  10. 17. A thick blanket of droplets close to the ground
  11. 18. The clear liquid that covers most of the Earth

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  1. 1. Frozen solid liquid
  2. 2. Pellets of ice that fall during a severe storm
  3. 4. The star that provides energy to warm the planet
  4. 6. A small and narrow natural channel of flowing liquid
  5. 7. Moving air that pushes weather systems across the sky
  6. 10. A natural source where underground liquid flows to the surface
  7. 15. A large body of fresh liquid surrounded by land
  8. 16. Moisture that forms on grass and cool surfaces at night

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