Earth Science

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Across
  1. 4. Occurs when heavy rainfall creates a flood event independent of an overflowing stream.
  2. 6. Small and shallow lakes.
  3. 9. Plays an important role in reducing flood intensity.
  4. 10. A soil, rock, or sediment that is frozen for more than two consecutive years is ________.
  5. 11. Large inland bodies of fresh or saline water.
  6. 14. Average length of time spent by water molecule in a reservoir.
  7. 15. Ability of the rock or sediments to allow water to pass through it.
  8. 16. Stream with a considerable volume and a well-defined channel.
  9. 17. This is where water was stored.
  10. 20. This include the streams, lakes, and wetlands where water from rainfall, melting snow and ice, and groundwater flows.
  11. 22. Vast body of saline water.
  12. 26. Wetland with lush trees and vegetation found in low-lying areas beside slow-moving rivers.
  13. 27. The shape of the water table resembles the _______.
  14. 28. Moving body of surface water that flows down slope toward sea level because of gravity.
  15. 31. aquifer.
  16. 33. Partly enclosed costal body of water where freshwater from stream meets the saltwater from the sea.
  17. 34. Characterized by intense, high velocity torrent of water that occurs in an existing river channel with little to no notice.
  18. 35. Shallow wetland around lakes, streams, and oceans where grasses and reeds are the dominant vegetation.
  19. 37. Mass of glacial land ice extending more than 50,000 km2.
  20. 39. Second layer of ocean where the temperature of water decreases rapidly with depth.
  21. 40. Clearly-defined passageway where particles and dissolved substances are transported.
Down
  1. 1. Humans depend on it for drinking, agriculture, and industrial use.
  2. 2. This is created when groundwater emerges to the ground surface.
  3. 3. Saltiness of saltwater.
  4. 5. This is the narrow, elongated land form separating individual streams within a basin.
  5. 7. During wet season, the water table is found at _____ depths.
  6. 8. Moves and changes form, but is neither created nor destroyed.
  7. 12. Water-bearing rock layers.
  8. 13. This process adds water, causing dilution.
  9. 15. These materials do not necessarily have high permeability.
  10. 18. The smaller streams are called _____.
  11. 19. Water could rise in this well without pumping if the well is located at an elevation which below the recharge zone of the
  12. 21. Barriers constructed along streams to contain the flow of water.
  13. 23. Permanent body of ice.
  14. 24. Land areas where water covers the surface for significant periods is referred to as _____.
  15. 25. Total amount of empty pore spaces in the rock.
  16. 29. Can slow down the overland flow, giving it enough time for water to infiltrate the ground.
  17. 30. Natural event wherein an area that usually dry is submerged under water.
  18. 32. This process removes water, making the remaining solution saltier.
  19. 36. After a short distance, the water enters the channels and becomes ______.
  20. 38. When a well is ______ in the ground, the first layer encountered is the moist soil layer on the surface.