CHAPTER 4: WATER RESOURCES

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Across
  1. 3. the part of earth subsystem containing the oceans lakes streams snow and ice
  2. 6. is a natural vent wherein an area that is usually dry is submerged under water
  3. 9. moving body of surface water that flows downslope toward sea level
  4. 12. rain that falls intro the land surface penetrates the soil in a process called
  5. 15. the saltiness f saltwater is called
  6. 16. and chlorine ions the major chemical elements present is seawater are
  7. 19. vapor evaporated water
  8. 20. a partly enclosed coastal body of water
Down
  1. 1. the change form vapor into liquid or solid, to occur
  2. 2. land areas where water covers the surface for significant period
  3. 4. a shallow wetland around lakes
  4. 5. a soil rock or sediments that is frozen for more that two consecutive years is called
  5. 7. cycle water cycle
  6. 8. time the average length of time
  7. 10. fresh water found in the rock and soil layers beneath the surface
  8. 11. flooding when water overwhelms in low lying areas
  9. 13. the total amount of empty pore spaces in the rock
  10. 14. is a permanent body of ice
  11. 17. a wetlands with lush trees and vegetation foind on low lying
  12. 18. large inland bodies of fresh or saline water