Eath's Waters
Across
- 4. a geologic formation that holds and yields usable amounts of water
- 5. naturally occurring water on Earth's surface in ice sheets,rivers and streams
- 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.
- 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
- 11. a zone of partially saturated soil just above the water table
- 12. process where rain water soaks into the ground
- 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.
- 16. evaporation of water from plants and leaves
- 17. a storage space for fluids
- 20. upper surface of an unconfined aquifer.
Down
- 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. soil, rock or sediment that is frozen for more than two consecutive years
- 3. is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock
- 6. a large body of water within a body of land
- 7. rain, sleet, snow, or hail that falls to the earth as the result of water vapor condensing in the atmosphere
- 9. also called the Global Ocean Conveyor, moves water between the deep and surface ocean worldwide
- 14. water from oceans or seas or both
- 15. average length of time that an entity, in this case a water molecule, will remain in a reservoir
- 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
- 19. is the measure of all the salts dissolved in water.