Science Vocabulary Crossward

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Across
  1. 4. a short article giving a description of a person or organisation
  2. 5. caused by fertilizers
  3. 6. any of several seismically active submarine mountain ranges that extend through the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific oceans: each is hypothesised to be the locus of seafloor spreading
  4. 7. formed when large chunks of ice left behind by a glacier melted away
  5. 8. a very rich area for both plants and animals
  6. 14. characteristics used to describe a stream or river; these include volume and rate of flow, slope and shape of bed
  7. 19. water that moves underground
  8. 22. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and under mantle
  9. 24. group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area
  10. 26. measure of the amount of substances besides water in a water sample; description of how pure a water sample is
  11. 27. in water, circular movement of water particles that cause a change in pattern that moves along the waters surface; the pattern can move over long distances but the water particles can not
  12. 28. a curving chain of active volcanoes formed above a seductive zone and adjacent to a convergent plate boundary
  13. 29. a submarine e mountain
  14. 31. eroded rock fragments a soil carried by water or wind
  15. 32. the part of the ocean where there is a lot of water movement
  16. 33. observe, check, or keep track of something for a specific purpose
  17. 35. movement of water through a membrane from an area of lower water concentration to one of higher concentration; technique used for purifying water
  18. 38. daily change in water levels on the ocean
  19. 39. small hills with distinctive torpedo shape with the tip pointing in the direction that the glacier is moving
Down
  1. 1. the deepest parts of the ocean
  2. 2. description of the variety of different species in an ecosystem; may also be used to describe variety in a population or species
  3. 3. a covering of ice over a large area, especially on the polar region of the planet
  4. 4. water that is safe for a human to drink
  5. 9. uses in home
  6. 10. a glacier usually originating in a cirque at a valley head or in a plateau ice cap and flowing downward between the walls of a valley
  7. 11. conveyed by, traveling on, or involving transportation or travel on water,
  8. 12. technique for separating solutions that involves boiling and concentration
  9. 13. form from rocks and gravel that build up along the sides and the end of the glacier
  10. 14. water in or taken from the sea
  11. 15. highest point of land on a continent; rivers flow into different oceans depending on which side of the divide they start on
  12. 16. physical characteristics or behaviour of a species that increases the species chances of survival in a particular environment
  13. 17. average weather measured over a long period of time
  14. 18. the amount of water-borne material that rivers carry
  15. 20. freshwater for streams mixes with the salt water of the ocean
  16. 21. water containing high concentration of calcium and magnesium
  17. 23. form when parts of a glacier melt and flow in tunnels under the ice in the pattern of a winding river
  18. 25. large moving body of ice; glaciers can be many metres or even kilometers thick
  19. 30. diffusion or water through a selectively permeable membrane
  20. 34. an area of stretch of land having a particular characteristics, purpose, or use, or subject to particular restrictions
  21. 36. a biological community if interacting organisms and their physical environment
  22. 37. amount of dissolved salts in water