Hydrosphere Unit Vocab
Across
- 2. The oxygen dissolved in water
- 3. Raindrops are an example of this property of water
- 5. Production + emission of light by an organism
- 9. Mass over Volume
- 13. The portion of a body of water where there is no sunlight
- 15. Organisms used to monitor the health of a certain environment
- 18. When the atoms/molecules of substance stick to other substances
- 19. "nature's nursery"
- 20. Excessive nutrients in a body of water
Down
- 1. Major source of water pollution; found in fertilizers, detergents
- 4. Being a good citizen
- 6. The area of a body of water closest to the shore; exposed at low tide
- 7. The downward movement of fluid
- 8. When cold, dense, nutrient-rich water from the bottom of the ocean rises to the top
- 10. Nitrogen compound involved in eutrophication
- 11. polluting/poisonous substance
- 12. The transparency/opacity of water
- 14. Water that is a mix of salt and fresh water
- 16. Process of creating energy used instead of photosynthesis
- 17. Microscopic organisms; Bottom of aquatic food web