Across
- 1. – Abbreviated TDS. It is a measure of the combined content of all inorganic and organic substances contained in a liquid in molecular or ionized suspended form.
- 5. – A geologic formation or structure that transmits water in a sufficient quantity to supply the needs for a water development.
- 8. – The shape of the ground surface as determined by such major features as hills, mountains, or large plains.
- 10. – Hydrogen oxide. The most valuable natural resource and the most limiting factor in crop production.
- 13. – The point where two streams meet.
- 15. – Flowing water from a natural or artificial channel.
- 16. – The seepage of water into soil or rock.
- 19. – The ability or power to conduct or transmit electricity.
- 20. – Any broad or narrow, crested, elongated land feature that rises above or separates lowlands, plains, or valley basins.
- 21. – The total stream discharge of water, including both surface and subsurface flow.
- 25. – The amount of oxygen present in water in a dissolved state.
- 28. – The downward movement of water through the soil in response to the pull of gravity.
- 29. – A dense, compacted layer of soil under the surface that may interfere with the downward penetration of both roots and water.
- 31. – Any standing body of inland water.
- 32. – The presence of substances in a body of water, soil, or air to impair the usefulness or render it offensive to the senses of sight, taste, or smell.
- 33. – The changing of a liquid to a gas.
- 35. – Water within the earth that supplies wells and springs.
Down
- 2. – Living in water.
- 3. – Water on the surface, as lakes and rivers, in contrast to that underground.
- 4. – The artificial application of water to soil for the purpose of increasing plant production.
- 6. – Pollution that occurs from a single source.
- 7. – In relation to water, changing from a liquid to a solid.
- 9. – Cloudiness of water caused by the presence of colloidal matter or other finely divided suspended matter.
- 11. – The amount of water, hail, sleet, snow, or other moisture received from clouds.
- 12. – The pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
- 14. – Pollution that is diffuse in both origin and in time and points of discharge, and depend heavily on weather conditions such as rainstorms and snowmelt. Pollutants can originate from natural source areas as well as areas affected by people’s activities.
- 17. – Features that taken together make up the surface of the earth: plain, plateau, mountain, hill, valley, slope, canyon, ect.
- 18. – Generating electricity by conversion of the energy of running water.
- 22. – An undesirable substance that is present, but is not intentionally added.
- 23. – In relation to water, changing from a solid to a liquid.
- 24. – Clearness of appearance.
- 26. – The process of turning a vapor into a liquid.
- 27. – An elongated, erosional depression usually occupied by a stream that has a downward slope conforming to the direction of flow of the occupying stream, and includes both bottomland and slopes.
- 30. – The gaseous envelope surrounding the earth.
- 34. – The passage of water through a plant from the roots through the vascular system to the atmosphere.
- 36. – A stream of water bearing the waste of the land from higher to lower ground.