Across
- 3. the property of a material that measures the force necessary yo separate the molecules
- 7. the transition layer between warmer mixed water at the ocean's surface and cooler deep water
- 10. the process in which was is absorbed into the ground
- 11. two high tides and two low tides of about equal levels in a 24-hr period
- 15. able to dissolve other substances
- 18. the evaporation of water from plants through stomata
- 19. steep gradient in temperature that acts as a barrier
- 22. cold denser water with low circulation
- 23. the process of interrupting the movement of water
- 24. the process that changes liquid water to water vapor
Down
- 1. any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back down
- 2. the general tendency of molecules to move from a region of high concentration to one of lower concentration
- 4. the substance being dissolved
- 5. one high tide and one low tide in a 24-hr period
- 6. freshwater that soaks into the soil and is stored in the tiny pore spaces
- 8. the alternate rising and falling of the ocean surface and bodies of water connected to the ocean
- 9. warm less dense water mixed by wind and waves
- 12. a solution in which the solvent is the solvent
- 13. the dissolved salt content of a body of water
- 14. the conversion of water vapor into a liquid
- 16. the process in which was moves through the soil layers
- 17. an upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of an immersed object
- 20. the decrease on the intensity of light over distance
- 21. the tides that occur during the new moon and full moon where the tidal range is the largest