Glossary - Water in the World

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Across
  1. 3. (a) pressure: The pressure/ weight of the atmosphere at sea level
  2. 6. (a) Rocks and sediments that contain groundwater
  3. 7. (g) Water stored beneath the Earth’s surface
  4. 8. (p) Process whereby the suspended droplets in the atmosphere fall as rain, hail, sleet or snow
  5. 9. (l) land, soil and minerals
  6. 12. (c) Long-term record of atmospheric conditions, such as precipitation and temperature
  7. 15. (h) water cycle
Down
  1. 1. (s) chart Weather map showing atmospheric conditions at a certain place at a certain time. Used to preshort-term term weather
  2. 2. (h) The amount of moisture in the air
  3. 4. (w) cycle: Continuous movement of water on Earth
  4. 5. (o) rainfall:When winds push moist air over mountains, condensation and precipitation occur on the windward side
  5. 6. (a) Resources occurring natural within environments: atmosphere
  6. 10. (s) The infrastructure related to the collection and disposal of human waste
  7. 11. (r) When some precipitation remains in the surface and feeds into streams, rivers, wetlands and lakes
  8. 13. (e) Moisture lost to the atmosphere from open water bodies
  9. 14. (A) Basin: Groundwater confined and pressurised within an aquifer