science crossword puzzle
Across
- 2. too many microorganisms in water which can make sick
- 5. the erosion of soil into rivers and lakes.
- 9. U-shaped body of water that forms when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off.
- 14. pollution that comes from many places all at once.
- 15. A previous v valley formed by fast flowing water.These fast rivers with steep gradients, as in mountain ranges, produce steep walls and a bottom.
- 16. A freshwater stream that feeds into a larger, or parent, river is called the mainstream.A river may have many tributes.
- 17. Excessive amounts of waste most that contain harmful toxins that are released into the environment.
Down
- 1. A deposit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing streams in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil.
- 3. too many nutrients in water which cause too much algae to grow.
- 4. a single identifiable source of pollution (easy to find).
- 6. The sand, gravel, boulders, or other debris transported by rolling or sliding along the bottom of a stream.
- 7. valley A valley formed by fast flowing water.These fast rivers with steep gradients, as in mountain ranges, produce steep walls and a bottom.
- 8. Rivers flowing over gently sloping ground begin to (curve, turn, or bend like a snake) back and forth across the landscape.
- 10. nonliving.
- 11. sediment carried by a river which settles slowly-almost never touching the stream bed.Maintained by turbulence in the following water and consists of fine sand ,silt and clay.
- 12. cloudy water which blocks sunlight.
- 13. living.