Science
Across
- 3. water 3% of the earths water is
- 7. what is another word for how cold or hot something is
- 10. A region, which is closer to the sea
- 11. a layer of gas or layers of gases that envelop a planet
- 12. the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.
- 14. another word for H₂O
- 19. any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another planet
- 20. long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns
- 21. a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
Down
- 1. an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
- 2. NEAR A LARGE BODY OF WATER, IN A GREENHOUSE
- 4. the maximum amount that something can contain
- 5. also known as the hydrologic cycle or the hydrological cycl
- 6. the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.
- 8. the vapor into which water is converted when heated, forming a white mist of minute water droplets in the air.
- 9. the upper surface of the zone of saturation
- 13. firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.
- 15. a mass of ice overlying snow that moves slowly down a mountain slope under the influence of gravity
- 16. a mass of ice that covers less than 50,000 km² of land area.
- 17. THE ABILITY OF A MATERIAL TO ABSORB HEAT
- 18. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.