EARTH'S HYDROSPHERE
Across
- 2. large inland bodies of fresh or saline water
- 3. boundary between the zone of aerotion and the zone of saturation
- 10. permanent body of ice
- 12. water moves downhill in a process called ________.
- 14. evaporation of water from the leaves and stem of plants
- 16. land area in which the water flow into particular stream
- 17. clouds are an example of this
- 19. ability of the rock or sediments to allow water to pass through it
- 20. mass of glacial land ice extending more than 50 000 km2
- 23. natural event wherein an area that is usually dry is submerged underwater
- 24. a soil, rock or sediment hat is frozen for more than two consecutive years
- 26. shallow wetland around lakes, streams and oceans where grasses and need are dominant vegetation
- 27. wetland with lush trees and vegetational found in low-lying areas beside low moving rivers
- 28. land areas where water covers the surface for significant periods
- 29. example of precipitation
Down
- 1. where the temperature is uniformly low
- 4. where the temperature of water decrease rapidly with depth
- 5. moving body of surface water
- 6. water that is found underground in the cracks and spaces in the soil, sands and rocks
- 7. the movement of water around Earth's surface and it's subsystems
- 8. part of earth's subsystem containing the oceans, lakes, streams, underground water and snow and ice
- 9. characterized by intense, high velocity torrent of water
- 11. the stage of water cycle when water changes from a liquid to a vapor
- 13. the total amount empty pore spaces in the rock
- 15. time average length of time spent by water molecule in a reservoir
- 18. the smaller stream
- 21. partly enclosed coastal body of water where freshwater from stream meets the saltwater from the sea
- 22. layer which consists of relatively warm
- 25. water on the earth's surface which moves into a lake or stream without absorbing into the soil
- 27. the saltiness of saltwater