25-26 Streams, Caves, and Chesapeake Bay
Across
- 1. The speed at which water flows in a stream or river
- 3. A place where groundwater flows naturally out onto Earth’s surface
- 5. A fan-shaped deposit of sediment formed where a stream slows down quickly
- 7. An underground layer of rock or sediment that stores and transmits groundwater
- 10. The breakdown of rock through chemical reactions, often involving water and acids
- 12. A smaller body of flowing water that moves downhill due to gravity
- 13. A mineral formation that hangs from the ceiling of a cave
- 14. A curved bend in a river formed by erosion and deposition
- 18. A weak acid formed when carbon dioxide dissolves in water, which can dissolve limestone
- 20. A sedimentary rock made mostly of calcium carbonate that dissolves easily in weak acid
- 22. Pollution that comes from many widespread sources such as runoff from land
- 23. Water found underground in the spaces between soil and rock
- 25. A smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river or body of water
- 26. Pollution that comes from a single, identifiable source such as a pipe or factory
Down
- 2. A large estuary on the East Coast of the United States that receives water from many rivers
- 3. A mineral formation that grows upward from the floor of a cave
- 4. A landscape formed by the chemical weathering of limestone, creating caves and sinkholes
- 6. A landform formed where a river deposits sediment as it enters a body of water
- 8. A depression in the ground formed when the surface collapses into an underground cavity
- 9. A large natural stream of flowing water that is deeper and longer than a stream
- 11. The land area where all water drains into a common river, lake, or bay
- 15. The process of moving weathered rock and sediment from one place to another
- 16. Small pieces of rock or organic material transported by water, wind, or ice
- 17. The process by which sediment is dropped and settles out of moving water
- 19. An underground hollow formed by the dissolution of rock, often limestone
- 21. A partially enclosed body of water where freshwater from rivers mixes with saltwater from the ocean
- 24. Water that flows over land and carries pollutants into rivers and streams