Chapter 6: Fresh Water
Across
- 4. Water held underground in soil, rocks, or other spaces
- 6. Indigenous peoples consider this the giver and protector of life
- 7. The scale used to measure the ratio of water supply compared to the demand for it - comes from the root word Arid
- 10. The demand for water in an environment unrelated to human usage
- 12. Scientists believe this will make dry places drier and wet places wetter
- 13. Water that comes from the earth's surface
- 16. Percentage of world's water that is fresh
- 18. An evil company that extracts huge amounts of water from Ontario to sell in bottled water
- 19. After Canada, this country has the most fresh water available in the world
- 21. Percentage of freshwater that is held in ice and snow
- 22. Taking water from a store with the purpose of using it up
- 24. Diverting water to places that need it or want it
- 25. Fancy word for water that falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet
Down
- 1. A city in the USA that uses far more water than it should considering it's AI (Aridity Index)
- 2. The amount of water there is, provided through rain and other precipitation
- 3. Taking water from a store with the purpose to return it later
- 5. When water is unsafe to drink places especially Indigenous reserves are put under "___________" advisories
- 8. The area of land in which all of the water flows to the same body of water
- 9. Water given off by plants in the environment
- 11. A type of water usage where the water is supplied to farming
- 14. This town in the Grey County, nearish to Owen Sound, had an incident where their water supply was poisoned killing 7 people
- 15. A type of water usage where the water is supplied to homes and families
- 17. A type of water usage where the water is supplied to businesses and factories
- 20. The ways in which stores move from one store to another
- 23. Places where water is stored, whether natural or man made