Water Resources Vocabulary Crossword

3. The layer of gases surrounding Earth where weather and clouds form.
5. Water that contains a large amount of dissolved salts, mainly found in oceans and seas.
7. Water with little or no dissolved salt that can be used by most land plants, animals, and humans.
10. Water stored underground in the spaces between soil and rock.
12. Ground that stays frozen for at least two years in a row.
13. The movement of large pieces of Earth’s crust over time.
15. Catching fish faster than they can reproduce, reducing their population.

1. Having tiny holes or spaces that allow water or air to pass through.
2. Harmful substances added to the environment that damage living things or natural resources.
4. The thick middle layer of Earth between the crust and the core.
6. cycle The continuous movement of water on Earth through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
8. Water from rain or melting snow that flows across land into streams, rivers, lakes, or oceans.
9. Water that falls from clouds to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
11. The process of removing salt from seawater to make it usable freshwater.
14. A layer of rock or sediment underground that stores and supplies groundwater.