Fresh and Saltwater Systems

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Across
  1. 1. water water containing a high concentration of calcium and magnesium
  2. 3. amount of dissolved salts in water
  3. 6. characteristics characteristics used to describe a stream or river; these include volume and rate of flow, slope and shape of bed
  4. 7. large moving body of ice; glaciers can be many metres or even kilometres thick
  5. 9. daily change in water level of the oceans
  6. 12. Technique for separating solutions that involves boiling and condensation
  7. 13. average weather measured over a long period of time
  8. 14. osmosis, movement of water through a membrane through an area of lower water concentration to one of higher water concentration; technique used for purifying water
  9. 15. in water, circular movement of water particles that cause a change in pattern that moves along the water’s surface; the pattern can move or long distances but the water particles do not
  10. 16. description of the variety of different species in an ecosystem; may also be used to describe variety in a population or species.
Down
  1. 2. physical characteristics or behavior of a species that increases the species chances of survival in a particular environment
  2. 4. stream of water that moves within a larger body or water
  3. 5. water water that is safe for humans to drink
  4. 6. eroded rock fragments and soil carried by water or wind
  5. 8. divide highest point of land on a continent; rivers flow into different oceans depending on which side of the divide they start
  6. 10. area of land that drains into one main lake or river
  7. 11. quality measure of the amount of substances besides water in a water sample; description of how pure a water sample is