Water Systems 10.1 - 10.3
Across
- 3. What has the highest heat capacity, water, land, or air?
- 8. Scientists estimate that nearly a __ of the planet was covered in ice during the last Glacial expansion.
- 9. After water flows into the ocean, what does it do?
- 14. Hurricanes start as __ over warm ocean water.
- 15. Heat from the sun passes through the __, reaching earth's surface.
- 16. What is it called when heat that would normally reflect off of earth's into space is blocked from doing so?
- 17. When glaciers melt, the freshwater __ the ocean water.
- 18. What do scientists call times when ice sheets expand?
- 20. The southern hemisphere has more or less water than the northern hemisphere?
Down
- 1. A greenhouse is an example of a __.
- 2. Hurricanes and less severe storms are common in the __ provinces.
- 4. Salinity is used to describe the amount of __ in water?
- 5. What is the layer under the Aquifer?
- 6. Water has a __ effect on air temperature.
- 7. In what zone is the Aquifer?
- 10. In recent years, glaciers have been__.
- 11. When temperatures rise, in what form is precipitation more likely to come in?
- 12. Water vapour is in which state?
- 13. What water makes up about 3% of water on earth?
- 19. 76% of earth's freshwater is in what state?