Vocab Study for Water
Across
- 5. Suitable for drinking
- 6. A river and its tributaries
- 8. A process of removing salt from ocean water
- 10. Any water that is used in households, businesses, industries, or public facilities and is drained or flushed down pipes, as well as the polluted runoff from streets and storm drains
- 12. Water above the surface of the land, including lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, floodwater, and runoff.
- 13. An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water
- 14. Percentage of open spaces between grains in a rock.
Down
- 1. Pollution that does not have a specific point of release
- 2. Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
- 3. Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
- 4. Pollution that comes from a specific site
- 6. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
- 7. A disease causing agent
- 9. Ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it
- 11. An underground formation that contains groundwater