Unit E Crossword - Cadence M. 8Sau.
Across
- 4. the total amount of all salts dissolved in water.
- 6. the area of land that drains into one main lake or river.
- 9. rock fragments and soil.
- 10. changes in patterns that move along the water's surface.
- 11. a physical characteristic or behavior of a species.
- 13. the variety of different kinds of organisms in an ecosystem.
- 16. the shoreline area that animals and plants can live in.
- 17. to observe.
- 20. the rate of water flow, slope of the streams bed, and erosion rate of the banks.
- 23. a group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area.
- 26. the highest level water will reach on shore.
Down
- 1. an ecosystem where fresh water from streams and rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean.
- 2. large moving bodies of ice.
- 3. the average weather measured over a period of time.
- 5. water that contains a high concentration of calcium and magnesium.
- 7. forcing salt water through a filter that doesn't let the salt through to purify water.
- 8. streams of water that move within a larger body of water.
- 12. when water is boiled and the salt is removed to purify water.
- 14. water that humans can safely drink.
- 15. the highest land on a continent that determine which way a watershed flows.
- 18. a change is a water level.
- 19. how pure water is.
- 21. The amount of water-borne materials a river carries.
- 22. a shelf of land that extends from the edge of a continent below the ocean’s surface.
- 24. taking water from places that have plenty to places that have very little.
- 25. the lowest level water will reach on shore.