Hydrosphere Word Search

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Across
  1. 5. store and transmit groundwater
  2. 7. the flow of water over land surfaces
  3. 8. Capable of being dissolved, usually in a liquid
  4. 11. process by which water vapor is released from the surfaces of plants
  5. 14. table upper surface of the zone of saturation
  6. 15. circulation (great ocean conveyer belt) a large- scale movement of ocean water driven by differences in temperature and salinity
  7. 19. the process by which organisms absorb or take in substances
  8. 22. the area of land where all the water that falls in it drains off to a common outlet
  9. 23. a term used to describe materials that allows fluids to pass through them easily
  10. 24. a large underground chamber in a cave
  11. 25. a natural flowing watercourse
  12. 26. chemical compounds formed from the reaction of an acid and a base
  13. 27. Nino warm phase of the El Nino- Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
  14. 28. heat the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius
  15. 29. of Aeration region of soil and rock above the water table where the pores are partly filled with air and water
  16. 30. vast body of salt water that covers most of the Earth's surface
Down
  1. 1. Nina a climate pattern that occurs in the Pacific Ocean
  2. 2. water that is stored underground in soil and rock formations
  3. 3. continuous, directed movement of seawater
  4. 4. all of the water on Earth
  5. 6. the action of entering or gaining access to an organization or place
  6. 9. a natural source of groundwater that flows to the surface
  7. 10. the measure of the concentration of dissolved salts in water
  8. 12. (molecule) uneven distribution of charges
  9. 13. of Saturation area beneath the Earth's surface where groundwater completely fills the pore spaces in soil and rock
  10. 16. resource natural resource that replenishes itself over a short period
  11. 17. tension the liquid's ability to resist external force due to cohesive forces among its molecules
  12. 18. materials that do not allow fluids to pass through
  13. 20. the tiny spaces or voids within the rock material that can hold fluids, such as water or oil
  14. 21. ocean the interconnected system of Earth's saltwater oceans