water
Across
- 2. too much of this group of substances causes algal blooms in water
- 5. movement of soil by water
- 6. buildup of harmful chemicals in the food web that are stored in the fat of animals
- 7. a smaller creek (like Crum Creek) that flows into a larger river (like the Delaware)
- 8. the measure of the amount of minerals in water
- 10. book written by Rachel Carson about persistent pesticides killing off bird populations
- 14. area that is responsible for cleaning and filtering polluted water naturally
- 15. term for the area where freshwater rivers mix with saltwater bays
- 16. "cloudiness" of water. measurement of the amount of sediment/particles in water
Down
- 1. created by pesticide resistance being passed from generation to generation
- 3. runoff from streets, farms, lawns and cities is this type of water pollution
- 4. first order streams at the start of a watershed
- 9. term for the boundary between watersheds
- 11. measurement of how basic or acidic a liquid is
- 12. of Mexico where the largest "Dead Zone" in the US can be found due to excess nutrients in the Mississippi River from farms
- 13. a pipe dumping waste into a river is an example of this type of water pollution
- 14. geographic area that rains into the same body of water(ex. Delaware River)