10.1-10.3 Water
Across
- 6. When material allows water to pass through easily
- 8. Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet
- 9. Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
- 10. The land area that supplies water to a river system, also called a drainage basin
- 11. ________ zone is an area in the ground where the pores are saturated with water
- 13. Ridge of land that separates one watershed from another
- 15. Water given off through the leaves as water vapor
- 16. The process by which a liquid absorbs heat to turn into a gas
- 17. A type of well when water rises on its own because of pressure
Down
- 1. An underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that holds water and allows it to flow
- 2. A lake that stores water for human use
- 3. _________ zone is an area that contains air and water and is NOT saturated
- 4. The process when nutrients build up in the lake
- 5. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
- 7. The place where an organism lives and obtains all the things it needs to survive
- 10. The top of the saturated zone
- 12. Streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river
- 14. When material does not allow water to pass through easily