Unit E crossword

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Across
  1. 3. a range of different things
  2. 4. an instrument or device used for observing, checking, or keeping a continuous record of a process or quantity.
  3. 6. a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.
  4. 7. all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
  5. 8. Hard water is water that has high mineral content
  6. 11. A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not connected to the open sea.
  7. 12. a process by which a solvent passes through a porous membrane in the direction opposite to that for natural osmosis when subjected to a hydrostatic pressure greater than the osmotic pressure.
  8. 16. an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
  9. 17. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
  10. 18. a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
Down
  1. 1. the action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.
  2. 2. Drinking water, also known as potable water or improved drinking water, is water safe enough for drinking and food preparation.
  3. 5. the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun.
  4. 6. Water quality refers to the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological characteristics of water.
  5. 9. matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
  6. 10. a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook.
  7. 13. the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
  8. 14. Salinity is the saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water
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  10. 18. body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement.