Across
- 3. Rising waterlevels cause what?
- 7. Changes in the size of glaciers and ice sheets influence local and global _____ systems
- 8. 70% of the Earth is covered with what?
- 9. ⅓ of the worlds __________ is underground
- 10. A _________ is an area of land in which all water presnet and underground eventually drains into one large main body of water
- 12. Ice around the world is called _____ ice caps
- 13. A _______ is a mass of ice and overlying snow that moves slowly down a mountain slope
- 14. Streams and lakes empty into what?
- 15. What water type is 97% of Earth's water?
- 17. When ____________ and precipitation amounts change significantly over time, glaciers and ice sheets are affected increasing or decreasing in size
- 20. Water has a higher heat capacity than what?
Down
- 1. What hemisphere has 81% ocean?
- 2. What causes hurricanes to start over the ocean?
- 4. What water type is 3% of Earth's water?
- 5. What hemisphere has 61% ocean?
- 6. Tornados over water are called ____________
- 11. ____ _______ is the ability of a material to absorb heat
- 16. Underground freshwater reservoirs are called what?
- 18. A ____________ is an area with a small localized climate that changes from the climate around it
- 19. Reduced ________ is the ability of wildlife and fauna to withstand the changed environment