Topic 2 Review: Earth's Water
Across
- 2. Largest source of water for the water cycle.
- 3. Run-off water that has collected and gathered in one place over many years and frozen into a slow-moving sheet of ice.
- 6. Water turns into a gas when the temperature _____________.
- 9. the amount of salt in water.
- 11. _______________ is the swirling motion that causes the ocean water to be moved all across the globe.
- 13. 97% of the water on Earth is ____________________.
- 15. On a car window ____________________ occurs when warm air inside the car meets a cold surface, such as the window, and cools and turns into water. This can happen when the temperature inside the car is different from the temperature outside, especially overnight when the outside temperature is lower.
- 16. An underground source of freshwater that can be used when a well is created.
- 19. This can be seen in the early morning, when the temperature at which water vapor in the air condenses into liquid water.
- 20. These landforms help to act as natural filters, trapping and removing harmful chemicals and nutrients from the water before it reaches rivers, beaches, and bays.
- 21. The majority of ___________________ is found in glaciers and ice caps.
- 23. Surface water further from the ___________________ evaporates slower than surface water at this location.
- 27. ___________________ is approximately 30% of the freshwater found on Earth.
- 28. All of Earth's freshwater is connected to the ocean, through condensation and ______________________.
- 29. The- movement of water around Earth is never-ending and is called a ________.
- 31. Another term for water vapor.
- 32. Deep ocean currents form due to the differences in water ___________.
Down
- 1. ______________ is the same temperature as the air. (2 words, no spaces)
- 4. The process when runoff seeps into the ground.
- 5. These types of currents occur due to wind.
- 7. Aquifers can be recharged by precipitation such as rain and _________.
- 8. All of the Earth's water is located in the ______________.
- 10. Evaporation from plants.
- 12. Water evaporates from the ocean and enters the _______________.
- 14. In condensation, temperatures increase causing water vapor to turn into a __________.When
- 17. When snow melts off a mountain, it becomes ____________.
- 18. The rising and falling patterns caused by the pull of gravity are called _________.
- 22. A type of water vapor that occurs when water is boiled.
- 24. when water on a surface freezes without first becoming liquid water.
- 25. Any form of water that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.
- 26. In the atmosphere, water in _______ form can be found as snow.
- 28. The sun provides this to the water cycle.
- 30. This is a man made above ground water source.