Water Systems Crossword

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  1. 3. water: a circular movement of water particles that causes a change in pattern that moves along the water surface. (waves transfer energy)
  2. 8. characteristics, characteristics used to be describe a stream or a river; these include volume and rate of flow, slope and shape of bed.
  3. 9. amount of dissolved salts in water
  4. 13. water water that is safe for humans to drink
  5. 14. show us the side view of a landscape
  6. 16. is a gas that forms diatomic molecules
  7. 18. process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface by natural processes such as wind or water flow, and then transported and deposited in other locations.
  8. 19. zone defined as the area between the high tide and low tide mark.
  9. 22. specific structures or behaviours that increase an organism's chance of survival or reproduction.
  10. 25. diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane
  11. 27. oxygen. Amount of oxygen dissolved in a body of water such as a lake
  12. 28. is a measure of how hot or cold something is.
  13. 30. borne diseases are conditions caused by pathogenic microorganisms that are transmitted in water
  14. 31. description of the variation within a system or group.
  15. 32. water containing a high concentration of calcium and magnesium
  16. 33. form from rocks and gravel that build up along the sides and at the end of the glacier
  17. 35. a large moving body of ice.
  18. 37. shelf. The undersea extension of a continent which can stretch for miles out to sea.
  19. 38. eroded rock fragments and soil carried by water or wind.
  20. 40. Use. you direct uses of water
  21. 41. bloom. when the amount of the dissolved nutrients in the water increase greatly.
  22. 42. average weather measured over a long period of time
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  1. 1. glacier a glacier usually originating in a cirque at a valley
  2. 2. osmosis movement of water through a membrane from an area of lower water concentration from an area of lower water concentration to one of higher water concentration; technique used for purifying water
  3. 4. water, is water from the sea or ocean
  4. 5. lake Most kettles are circular in shape because melting blocks of ice tend to become rounded
  5. 6. small hills with a distinctive teardrop shape. Form when a glacier moves over moraines that had formed earlier
  6. 7. island. are formed by volcanoes that grow up all the way from the oceans floor
  7. 10. is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles that are generally invisible
  8. 11. group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area
  9. 12. daily change in water levels of the oceans.
  10. 14. how acidic or basic the water is
  11. 15. is any place on earth where living things interact with other living things and non- living things.
  12. 17. the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
  13. 20. microscopic parasite which feeds off of others to survive
  14. 21. observemcheck Or keep track of something, for specific purpose
  15. 23. technique for separating solutions that involves boiling and condensation.
  16. 24. ridge form where molten rock pushes up from the interior of Earth.
  17. 26. water that collects or flows underneath the earth's surface
  18. 29. stream of water that moves within a larger body of water
  19. 34. a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
  20. 36. a long, narrow, steep-sided ridge of coarse sand and gravel deposited by a stream flowing in or under a melting sheet of glacial ice.
  21. 39. is a coastal area where freshwater from rivers and streams mix with saltwater from the ocean