5th Grade Test 7 Review
Across
- 3. The more interconnected holes something has, the more ______ it is
- 8. A fifth ocean has recently been recognized and named the _______ ocean
- 13. The land area that supplies water to a river system
- 14. The main river, smaller rivers, and streams together make up a __________ ___________
- 17. The Pacific ocean is slowly getting smaller due to the movement of ______________ ____________
- 20. Molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gaseous state
- 22. A continuous process by which water moves between land, living things, bodies of water and the atmosphere
- 23. Another name for watersheds
- 24. What keeps watersheds separate?
- 27. When plants lose water through their leaves as water vapor
- 29. What forms when a loop of a winding river gets cut off?
- 31. The bottom layer of soil that is completely filled with water.
- 33. Water would not be able to pass through a material that is _________
- 34. Another name for the Southern ocean
- 35. Two-thirds of Earth's fresh water is contained in ______
Down
- 1. A freshwater wetland with grasslike plants
- 2. Where an organism lives and obtains all the things it needs to survive
- 4. The process of nutrients building up in a lake.
- 5. One-third of the Earth's fresh water is contained in _______
- 6. Which ocean is slowly getting larger?
- 7. Lakes that store water for human use.
- 9. What is the difference between a pond and a lake?
- 10. The top layer of soil that is NOT filled with water, still has air in it.
- 11. Underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that holds water.
- 12. Water rises on its own due to pressure within an aquifer
- 15. A freshwater wetland that looks like a flooded forest
- 16. About ____% of the Earth's surface is covered in water
- 18. Water vapor cooling and changing from a gas to a liquid state
- 19. A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year.
- 21. Water that falls to the Earth as rain, snow, hail, or sleet
- 25. Only about 3% of the Earth's water is _______ water
- 26. Most of the Earth's water (about 97%) is salt water found in _________
- 27. A smaller river that feeds into a larger, main river
- 28. One-third of the US contributes to the _________ watershed
- 30. The top of the saturated zone.
- 32. Condensation in the air creates ________