Earth: The Water Planet

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Across
  1. 2. area of permeable rock or soil that is saturated with water
  2. 6. man-made hole drilled below the water table in order to obtain groundwater from an aquifer
  3. 7. place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock
  4. 10. type of hot spring which begins to rise through narrow passages being forced out by heated gases and steam from below
  5. 11. 97% of Earth's water
  6. 13. Continuous process by which water moves through the living and nonliving parts of the environment
  7. 14. 3% of Earth's water
  8. 15. broken, or glaciers that have calved into ocean
  9. 16. molecules on the surface of water that cause a tightness
Down
  1. 1. layers of rock and soil above the water table that are not able to be saturated
  2. 3. water is known as the _____ because many substances dissolve in it.
  3. 4. Comes from precipitation that soaks into the ground
  4. 5. Huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over land
  5. 8. well which water rises because of pressure within an aquifer
  6. 9. A river and all its tributaries
  7. 12. layer of rock or sediment that holds water
  8. 13. Three common types are marshes, swamps and bogs