Global Water Esstentials

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Across
  1. 3. What element from the Periodic Table stops humans from drinking ocean water?
  2. 7. The beluga whales of the St Lawrence River are suffering the effects of what human action?
  3. 9. What does winter precipitation fall like?
  4. 10. What process changes liquid water into gas?
  5. 11. What do all living things need to survive?
  6. 13. What is an area of land where all water eventually drains into one main water body?
  7. 15. What is an area with a small localized climate variation that differs from the larger climate area around it?
  8. 16. What takes longer to absorb heat than air or land?
  9. 18. What type of storm that starts out as a thunderstorm over warm ocean waters.
Down
  1. 1. What hemisphere is Canada in?
  2. 2. What surrounds the earth?
  3. 3. What state is water in when it becomes ice?
  4. 4. What do air masses pick up when moving over large water bodies?
  5. 5. What lakes hold 20 percent of the world’s fresh water?
  6. 6. Who often collects water in many cultures?
  7. 8. What is a mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain slope?
  8. 9. What provides the energy that drives the water cycle?
  9. 12. What is an underground fresh water reservoir called?
  10. 14. What is the constant movement of water called?
  11. 17. Which continent has the most limited water access?