water pollution by austin lansing
Across
- 4. an entire area of land that is drained by a river
- 7. pollutants found in salt water
- 8. an underground rock foundation that contains water
- 9. pollution that comes from many sources
- 11. freshwater that is above ground in lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams
- 13. water that seeps down through the soil and is stored underground
Down
- 1. disease causing organisms that enter untreated waste water or fecal matter
- 2. occurs because of the introduction of inorganic nutrients into a body of water through sewage and fertilizer runoff
- 3. the introduction of chemical, physical, biological agents into water that lowers the quality of the water and affects the organisms that depend on it
- 5. pollution that is discharged from a single point
- 6. when excessive amounts of heat are added to a body of water
- 10. the area of land from which the groundwater originally started
- 12. the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earths oceans, atmosphere, and land
- 14. a structure built across a river or a stream that restricts the flow of water traveling downhill