Fresh and Saltwater Systems Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. An underground layer where the material contains water.
  2. 6. Non drinkable water.
  3. 9. An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
  4. 11. A small mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed a liquid.
  5. 13. Water that flows through a "channel" in the surface of the ground.
  6. 15. A crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel.
  7. 18. A ____tide is a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
  8. 20. Ice Cap A polar ice cap is a high latitude region of a planet or natural satellite that is covered in ice.
  9. 24. Daily change in water levels of the oceans.
  10. 25. A large area of salt water between continents.
  11. 28. The daily rise and fall of water due to the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
  12. 29. An area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point.
  13. 30. A very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic.
  14. 33. Material (like sediment) being added to a landform.
  15. 34. Separation of solids from water that is used in Lifestraw (TM)
  16. 35. A measurement of the number of different species of organisms in a particular place/area.
  17. 37. The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
  18. 38. A tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water.
Down
  1. 1. The measurement of how transparent a liquid is; directly related to the amount of suspended particles.
  2. 2. The combined calcium and magnesium content of water.
  3. 4. A long, narrow ditch in a body of water.
  4. 5. The non drinkable water contained in the oceans.
  5. 7. The measure of the acidity.
  6. 8. Specific structures or behaviours that increase an organism's chance of survival or reproduction.
  7. 10. Technique for separating solutions that involves boiling and condensation.
  8. 12. This gas dissolved in water is necessary for fish and many aquatic invertibrates to live in the water
  9. 14. Drinkable water.
  10. 16. Water that does not contain salt.
  11. 17. A large moving body of ice.
  12. 19. The process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface.
  13. 21. Movement of water through a membrane of an area of lower water concentration to one of higher water concentration.
  14. 22. In water: a circular movement of water particles that causes a change in pattern that moves along the water surface.
  15. 23. A usually triangular mass of sediment, especially silt and sand, deposited at the mouth of a river.
  16. 26. The removal of salt
  17. 27. The measure of the concentration of salt in water.
  18. 31. A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
  19. 32. The undersea extension of a continent which can stretch for miles out to sea.
  20. 36. The processes involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.