Eath's Waters

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Across
  1. 4. a geologic formation that holds and yields usable amounts of water
  2. 5. naturally occurring water on Earth's surface in ice sheets,rivers and streams
  3. 8. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.
  4. 10. transitional lands between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface, or the land is covered by shallow water
  5. 11. a zone of partially saturated soil just above the water table
  6. 12. process where rain water soaks into the ground
  7. 13. is a transparent fluid which forms the world's streams, lakes, oceans and rain and is the major constituent of the fluids of organisms.
  8. 16. evaporation of water from plants and leaves
  9. 17. a storage space for fluids
  10. 20. upper surface of an unconfined aquifer.
Down
  1. 1. describes the constant movement of water above, on, and below the earth's surface. Processes such as precipitation, evaporation, condensation, infiltration, and runoff comprise the cycle.
  2. 2. soil, rock or sediment that is frozen for more than two consecutive years
  3. 3. is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock
  4. 6. a large body of water within a body of land
  5. 7. rain, sleet, snow, or hail that falls to the earth as the result of water vapor condensing in the atmosphere
  6. 9. also called the Global Ocean Conveyor, moves water between the deep and surface ocean worldwide
  7. 14. water from oceans or seas or both
  8. 15. average length of time that an entity, in this case a water molecule, will remain in a reservoir
  9. 18. a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea
  10. 19. is the measure of all the salts dissolved in water.