Unit 5 & 6 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. Pollution that comes from a single, identifiable source.
  2. 9. When excess fertilizer runs off of surfaces into the watershed causing algal blooms.
  3. 12. A rock in space that’s bigger than a dust grain but smaller than an asteroid.
  4. 14. Pollution that comes from many places so it is impossible to identify a single source.
  5. 17. The high points on the landscape (like mountain peaks and ridgelines) that divide one watershed from another.
  6. 21. When water has soaked into the ground.
  7. 23. Pollution that comes from excess bacteria in the water. This leads to sickness and disease for organisms that live in or drink the water.
  8. 25. When a space rock enters the atmosphere and starts burning up, creating a streak of light. These are shooting stars!
  9. 26. Pollution that comes from chemicals getting into surface or groundwater. These chemicals can poison and kill organisms living in the water.
  10. 28. An area of land that drains all of its waters into a larger body of water
  11. 29. When water remains on the surface (lakes, oceans, rivers, etc.)
  12. 31. A chunk of ice and rock originating from the outer solar system, often accompanied by a tail.
  13. 33. Second planet from the sun
  14. 34. A large rock in orbit generally between Mars and Jupiter. These rocks are large but smaller than planets.
  15. 35. When too many nutrients get into the water and cause algal blooms.
  16. 36. Fourth planet from the sun
Down
  1. 1. does not change based on location, measured in kg or g, represents how much matter makes up an object
  2. 2. When a space rock lands on the earth.
  3. 4. Water moving through/soaking into the soil.
  4. 5. Water falling from the sky in the form of rain, snow, sleet, etc.
  5. 6. When ocean acidification causes coral to die, it is called coral __.
  6. 7. Third planet from the sun
  7. 8. changes based on location, measured in N, represents the amount of force on an object due to gravity
  8. 10. Area beyond Neptune that has comets and dwarf planets such as Pluto.
  9. 11. Pollution that comes from dirt, minerals, and sand washing into surface water. It blocks sunlight from aquatic plants, clogs fish gills, and buries fish eggs.
  10. 13. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all __ planets
  11. 15. Sphere-shaped group of small rock and ice that are the furthest objects from the sun
  12. 16. Eighth planet from the sun
  13. 18. An area where trash gets stuck in a vortex in the middle of the ocean called the Great Pacific ___ Patch.
  14. 19. Fifth planet from the sun
  15. 20. Sixth planet from the sun
  16. 22. When water moves over the surface of the land.
  17. 24. Underground rock formation that collects groundwater.
  18. 26. Mercury, venus, earth, and mars are all __ planets
  19. 27. When humans catch too many fish and the fish don't have enough time to reproduce/replenish their populations.
  20. 30. Seventh planet from the sun
  21. 32. First planet from the sun