Chapter 5 - Water - Lessons 3-5

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Across
  1. 7. This is the top of the saturated zone.
  2. 8. This is a substance you know as table salt.
  3. 9. This layer contains air and water and is thus not saturated.
  4. 12. This is the movement of energy through a body of water.
  5. 13. Water temperature decreases as you ____ through the water column.
  6. 14. White-capped waves that crash onto shore.
  7. 17. This wave is usually caused by underwater earthquakes.
  8. 20. This is a gently sloping, shallow area that extends from the edge of continents.
  9. 21. Near the equator surface ocean water temperature is about ____ ____.
Down
  1. 1. Water pressure ____ as you descend through the water column.
  2. 2. ____ materials such as sand and gravel have connected pore spaces that allow water to pass through.
  3. 3. This is a smooth, nearly flat region of the ocean.
  4. 4. The level of the water table usually follows the ___ of the surface of the land.
  5. 5. This rock, unless cracked, is considered _____ as water cannot pass through.
  6. 6. This is where underground water generally comes from.
  7. 10. Any underground layer that hols water and allows it to flow.
  8. 11. The horizontal distance between wave crests.
  9. 15. In this type of well, water rises on its own because of pressure within the aquifer.
  10. 16. This company can help you find out where your drinking water comes from.
  11. 18. The total amount of dissolved salt in a sample of water.
  12. 19. The vertical distance from the wave crest to the trough.