Environmental Science/Earth's Waters

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Across
  1. 2. most of Earth's freshwater is found in this form
  2. 5. an ecological factor that involves living things or their products
  3. 6. a living thing
  4. 9. water falling through the air
  5. 12. a collection of ecosystems which have similar climate and organisms
  6. 15. these types of organisms, like bacteria and fungi, break down dead animals and waste
  7. 16. describes how much liquid can be stored in a material
  8. 17. the presence of this substance is the main difference between the two major types of aquatic biomes
  9. 20. the process of turning a liquid to a gas
  10. 22. does not allow water to flow through
  11. 23. soil, sunlight, temperature, and air are all examples of this type of ecological factor
  12. 25. when water enters the ground
  13. 27. the largest land biome
  14. 29. a herd of elephants could be considered a _______________
  15. 30. this is the driving force behind the water cycle
  16. 31. an example of this is where the Nile River flows into the Mediterranean Sea
Down
  1. 1. an area of land which flows into a common body of water
  2. 3. this level of ecological organization includes all living and non-living things in a given area
  3. 4. all of the cacti, snakes, and hawks in an area make up a _________________
  4. 7. allows water to flow through it
  5. 8. this is a forest biome which has trees which drop their leaves seasonally
  6. 10. the process which happens in plant cells that turns sunlight into chemical energy (glucose)
  7. 11. people create these to access the water in the saturated zone
  8. 13. the region of the planet where orgainisms are found
  9. 14. this process involves a gas turning into a liquid when it cools
  10. 18. food, water, weather conditions and space are all ____________ factors of a population
  11. 19. temperature and precipitation over an extended period of time
  12. 21. the study of the interaction between living things and their environment
  13. 24. this biome is extremely cold and dry
  14. 26. a rock layer that stores and allows the flow of groundwater
  15. 28. this type of organism participates in photosynthesis