Water Cycle/Sources Crossword Megan Szabo

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Across
  1. 5. / A large chunk of ice that has broken off a glacier and floats in the ocean.
  2. 9. / A large compressed mass of ice and snow that does not melt away in the summer.
  3. 10. / An area of wetlands that builds up where a river meets the ocean.
  4. 12. Effect / The change in the direction of winds and currents caused by the rotation of Earth.
  5. 15. Cycle / The evaporation of water into a gas in the atmosphere and the precipitation of water in the air as it falls back to Earth in the form of rain or snow.
  6. 18. / Vertical movement of water from the ocean floor, often caused by wind blowing surface water away from a shore.
  7. 19. / The highest part of a wave.
  8. 23. / Light produced by chemical reactions in the bodies of some living marine organisms.
  9. 27. / The process of heat transfer from one place to another by the movement of warm fluids from place to place.
  10. 31. / Precipitation that falls to land and flows into creeks ,streams, and rivers and eventually into the ocean.
  11. 33. Species / A new or foreign species that is introduced into a food web.
  12. 34. / The parts of the coastline that project farther out into the ocean than the land next to them.
  13. 35. Warming / The increase in the average temperatures of Earth's oceans and air near Earth's surface.
  14. 37. / All of the water on Earth including that in the atmosphere and lithosphere.
  15. 38. Range / The difference between high tide and low tide.
  16. 42. Ridges / The undersea mountain chains that are formed when magma oozes up and solidifies between tectonic plates that are moving apart.
  17. 43. / More of a particular species of fish are removed from an area that can be replaced by reproduction.
  18. 45. / Indented areas of coastland or areas in the coastline that are in between headlands.
  19. 46. Basin / The area of land from which water drains into a certain body of water.
  20. 47. / The deep area that is formed when an ocean plate collides with a continental plate and is forced to bend steeply down beneath the continental plate.
  21. 48. / The air surrounding the planet.
Down
  1. 1. / The crest of a wave that topples forward, collapsing onshore.
  2. 2. Tide / The largest tidal movements that occur when Earth, the Moon, and the Sun are in a line.
  3. 3. / The amount of mass in a certain volume; how tightly packed together the material is in a substance.
  4. 4. / A long smooth wave that moves steadily without breaking.
  5. 6. Precipitation / precipitation that carries acids formed by nitrogen and sulfur oxides, produced by burning coal and gasoline, that have combined with water in the air.
  6. 7. / The short-term conditions in the atmosphere at a specific place and time.
  7. 8. / A deep crack in a glacier.
  8. 11. / The solid rocky ground of Earth's crust.
  9. 13. / The amount of salt dissolved in a specific amount of water.
  10. 14. / Microscopic plant-like organisms that are a major source of food for many species of fish.
  11. 16. / Slow rise and fall of the ocean caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun.
  12. 17. / The growing and harvesting of marine species in a controlled marine area.
  13. 20. Heat Capacity / The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a specific amount of a substance by 1.0 degrees C (3.1).
  14. 21. Species / Organisms that are sensitive to pollution or other environmental changes; monitoring the numbers of these organisms helps scientists to gather information about the health of an ecosystem.
  15. 22. / Distance from one wave crest to the next; length of one unit of a wave that repeats itself.
  16. 24. tide / The smallest tidal movements that occur when the Sun and the Moon are at right angles to each other.
  17. 25. / A giant wave caused by an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or landslide on the ocean floor.
  18. 26. Water / Precipitation that falls on land and sinks out of sight and remains in cracks underground.
  19. 28. / The lowest part of a wave.
  20. 29. Shelf / The submerged, or underwater, part of the edge of the continents that slopes gradually away from land before dropping steeply downward.
  21. 30. Plain / The wide open regions of the ocean floor between the continents and the mountain ranges at the centre of the ocean.
  22. 32. / The force that pulls all masses toward the centre of Earth or any large mass.
  23. 36. / Part of the ocean below the surface where the temperature drops sharply with depth.
  24. 39. Point / The temperature at which a substance freezes or solidifies.
  25. 40. / A lowland area that is saturated with water for part or all of the year.
  26. 41. / Tiny animals that eat other types of plankton for food; also a food source for larger marine animals.
  27. 44. / Weather conditions of a specific area averaged over a long period of time, usually 30 years.