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Across
- 6. The vertical movement of deep water up to the surface.
- 8. A property of matter representing the mass per unit volume.
- 9. The movement of water from the surface to greater depths.
- 10. An opening in the sea floor from which heated water rises and mixes with the ocean water abov
- 13. The water that is not salty and has little to no taste, color, or smell.
- 15. Any type of liquid or solid water that falls to earths surface.
- 16. A high point or ridge that determines the direction rivers flow.
- 17. The science/business of raising and harvesting fish in a controlled situation.
- 19. Not allowing liquids to pass through.
- 20. The amount of a substance that is contained in another substance at a given temperature.
- 22. When a liquid turns into a gas.
- 23. A process that removes some amount of salt and other minerals from water.
- 25. Water that contains dissolved salts and other minerals.
- 26. A well in which pressurized water flows upward to the surface.
- 28. During the summer, warm water is at the surface and is well aerated due to oxygen produced by plants and mixing by the wind; bottom layer is high in nutrients. In spring and autumn, they switch.
Down
- 1. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back.
- 2. The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
- 3. An underground layer of permeable rock that contains water.
- 4. Allowing liquids to pass through.
- 5. A huge block of frozen fresh water.
- 7. Water found in the spaces between soil particles and cracks in rocks underground. Stopped here
- 11. A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall.
- 12. A process by which nutrients become highly concentrated in a body of water, leading to increased growth of organisms.
- 14. basin The area from which a single stream or river and its tributaries drains all of the water.
- 18. The measure of the amount of dissolved salts contained in water.
- 20. The process by which gas changes into a liquid.
- 21. The highest part in the ground that is completely filled with water.
- 24. A flow of groundwater that emerges naturally at the ground surface.
- 27. A short confined section of a canal or other waterway in which the water level can be changed.