7.6 Earth’s Resources and Human Impact Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 2. The amount of water vapor in the air
  2. 4. (3 words) The amount of water in the snow
  3. 6. Snow that has fallen on the ground and does not melt for months due to below-freezing temperatures
  4. 8. (2 words) The cycle of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
  5. 9. An example of precipitation
  6. 10. Any liquid or solid forms of water that fall to ground from above
  7. 14. (2 words) A flood caused by heavy or excessive rainfall in short period of time
  8. 16. The process in which heat is applied to surface water and the liquid becomes a gas
  9. 18. An area experiencing an extreme drought
  10. 20. The periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean
  11. 21. A period of unusually hot weather that lasts long enough to cause serious problems
Down
  1. 1. (3 words) The amount of rain or snow that an area receives
  2. 3. (2 words) Water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface
  3. 5. A body of rock or sediment that holds groundwater
  4. 7. The daily state of the atmosphere, or air, in any given place
  5. 11. The process in which water vapor becomes a liquid
  6. 12. Overflowing of a body of water onto normally dry land
  7. 13. (2 words)Describes what the height of the ocean usually is
  8. 15. The amount of water flowing in a river
  9. 17. An area experiencing an extreme flood
  10. 19. The average data over longer periods of time