Stream Water pH

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Across
  1. 2. In addition to acid rain, acidic ___ can also contribute acid to streams.
  2. 6. A recently hatched fish with a yolk sack that has nearly disappeared and a functional swim bladder.
  3. 7. A material with a pH of less than 7.
  4. 8. Organisms that lack a spine.
  5. 9. When water and CO2 combine the pH of the water body is ___.
  6. 10. When water and CO2 combine ___ is generated.
  7. 11. ___ drainage is another factor which can negatively impact stream water pH.
  8. 14. Altered pH water discharged into a body of water.
  9. 15. When organic material chemically breaks-down in surface water ___ is generated.
  10. 17. To cause the pH to move or change toward 7.
  11. 19. When organic material ___ in surface water an acid is generated.
  12. 21. Every BBB unit change in pH represents a ___ change in acidity.
  13. 22. Another of the general lithosphere components that can contribute to stream neutralization.
Down
  1. 1. This acid is produced as a result of coal mine drainage.
  2. 3. Organisms that lack a spine and are large enough to be seen with the naked eye.
  3. 4. Sometimes acidic pH and other substances combine and produce an effect which is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
  4. 5. A material with a pH of greater than 7.
  5. 9. A common rock type which contributes to stream neutralization.
  6. 12. Another term for “basic”.
  7. 13. A material with a pH of 7.
  8. 16. Every ___ change in pH represents a BBB change in acidity.
  9. 18. One of the general lithosphere components that can contribute to stream neutralization.
  10. 20. Large enough to be seen with the naked eye.