Hydrosphere Vocab Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. - wind-driven process in which nutrient-rich, denser, colder water moves to the surface.
  2. 7. - fertilizers (as plant nutrients) and in detergents (or water softeners), they are a major source of water pollution.
  3. 8. - microscopic marine producers/base of an aquatic food web.
  4. 11. - is the process by which certain microbes create energy by mediating chemical reactions.
  5. 12. - organisms that are used to monitor the health of an environment (ex. lichens – algae found on rocks and tree trunks – if disappear – indicator that the environment is not healthy).
  6. 13. - the production and emission of light by a living organism.
  7. 15. - nitrogen compounds involved in eutrophication – too many leads to less oxygen which leads to fish death.
  8. 17. - a place where freshwater meets up with salt water; nature’s nursery.
  9. 18. - Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water.
  10. 19. - measure of the degree to which the water loses its transparency due to the presence of suspended particulates.
  11. 20. - is the chemical bond in which a hydrogen atom is attracted to an atom. It is responsible for many of the properties of water.
Down
  1. 1. - being a good citizen (ex. pick up trash, recycle,).
  2. 2. - the downward movement of fluid, especially in the sea, the atmosphere, or deep in the earth.
  3. 3. - water sticking together on the surface or around a drop.
  4. 5. - a fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues. Commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart, ocean basins, and hotspots.
  5. 6. - a polluting or poisonous substance that makes something impure.
  6. 9. - Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities. Water bodies include for example lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers and groundwater. Water pollution results when contaminants are introduced into the natural environment.
  7. 10. - when the atoms or molecules of a substance stick to other substances.
  8. 14. - is the relationship between the mass of the substance and how much space it takes up (volume). ... equals the mass of the substance divided by its volume; D = m/v.
  9. 16. - when the atoms or molecules of a substance stick together.