Water in Earth's Processes - Dr. Davis 6th Grade Science Class

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Across
  1. 2. the vast cloud of rock, ice, and dust out of which the planets of our solar system formed
  2. 6. where two streams or rivers come together
  3. 7. the large ice sheet blanketing North America during the last Ice Age
  4. 8. a steep underwater canyon dividing the midocean ridge
  5. 9. the largest aquifer in the United States
  6. 12. a very broad and flat surface at the bottom of the ocean found on either side of the mid-ocean ridge
  7. 18. the section of a glacier where ice and snow pile up and fuse before sliding down slope
  8. 20. the level below which the ground is saturated with water
  9. 21. water flowing across a ground surface
  10. 23. an underwater mountain formed by rising magma
  11. 24. a type of glacier found in high mountain areas
  12. 26. word describing a ground surface that has soaked up all of the water it can
  13. 27. soil and rock pushed by a glacier
  14. 28. a deep and open crack in a glacier
  15. 32. the downward entry of water into soil
  16. 33. the end of a glacier
  17. 34. an underwater mountain range where seafloor spreading takes place
Down
  1. 1. glaciers do this when they get larger
  2. 3. the “ramp” between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the continental rise
  3. 4. where a 1st order stream originates
  4. 5. icy proto-planet that crashed into Earth 4.6 billion years ago
  5. 10. a flat-top seamount formed by ocean currents
  6. 11. a type of glacier that covers huge areas
  7. 13. word describing water that is half freshwater and half saltwater
  8. 14. a lake found at a glacier’s terminus and filled with melted snow and ice
  9. 15. a “dirty snowball” originating in the Oort Cloud; they brought water to Earth during the Late Orbital Bombardment
  10. 16. the section of a glacier where accumulated ice and snow begins sliding down slope
  11. 17. a broad and shallow underwater ledge found along shorelines
  12. 19. zone at the mouth of a river where saltwater and freshwater mix
  13. 22. process that removes salt from sea water
  14. 25. a steep underwater canyon found along some shorelines; it is the deepest part of the ocean
  15. 29. glaciers do this when they begin to melt
  16. 30. an area of land that separates waters flowing into different rivers and seas
  17. 31. the Stone Age “ice man” found in a glacier in Switzerland