Water and Atmosphere
Across
- 1. Characteristic of a material that contains connected air spaces, or pores, that water can seep trough easily.
- 3. The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere.
- 6. A well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer.
- 8. Water in the form of a gas.
- 10. The average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area.
- 11. Tiny algae and animals that float in water and are carried by waves and currents and tries to steal the secret formula hahahaha
- 15. The total amount of dissolved salts in water.
- 17. A characteristic of materials, such as clay and granite, through which water does not easily pass.
- 19. The second-lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere.
- 20. A lake that stores water for human use.
- 23. The layer of Earth's atmosphere immediately above the stratosphere.
- 25. The envelope of gases hat surrounds Earth.
- 29. The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas.
- 30. The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
- 31. A large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans.
- 32. The ratio of the mass of a substance to its volume.
- 33. A strong, narrow current that flows briefly from the shore back toward the ocean through a narrow opening.
- 34. A deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocan floor.
Down
- 2. The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.
- 4. An environments that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
- 5. A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
- 7. At stream or river that flows into a larger river.
- 9. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.
- 12. An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water.
- 13. Elevation above sea lvel.
- 14. An instrument that measures changes in air pressure without using a liquid.
- 16. The outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere.
- 18. The number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.
- 21. The outer layer of the thermosphere.
- 22. The lower part of the thermosphere
- 24. The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
- 26. A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year.
- 27. An instrument used to measure changes in air pressure.
- 28. What that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.