Chapter 13 Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. A rough measure of the volume of freshwater that we use to stay alive and to support our lifestyles.
  2. 4. Access to clean water is a __.
  3. 5. long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
  4. 11. __ is the freshwater that is not directly consumed but is used to produce food and other products.
  5. 12. bodies of densely packed, slowly melting snow
  6. 13. __ is a limited resource.
  7. 14. Solid form of water
  8. 16. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
  9. 18. Gas form of water
Down
  1. 2. Aquifers have to __.
  2. 3. artificial lake
  3. 6. __ accounts for about 92% of humanity’s water footprint.
  4. 7. Underground caverns of water
  5. 8. The land from which surface runoff drains into a body of water is called __.
  6. 9. freshwater from rain/melted ice that flows across Earth's surface.
  7. 10. a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
  8. 14. __ counts for as much as 85% of freshwater use.
  9. 15. a colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
  10. 17. A structure built across a river to control its flow.
  11. 19. The ocean is the body of saltwater that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth