Water Systems 10.1 - 10.3

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