Chapter 5 - Water - Lessons 1 & 2 (7)

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Across
  1. 3. This takes many forms such as rain, snow, hail, etc.
  2. 6. This is the state with the highest water usage per person in the United States.
  3. 8. This is Latin and means 'to breathe', Hint: you have to go all the way to the beginning to find this answer.
  4. 10. This ocean is deeper than the Atlantic ocean.
  5. 11. The ____ ____ ____ contain about 20 percent of the fresh water found in lakes.
  6. 14. Of all the freshwater available, this much of it is found underground.
  7. 16. Man-made lakes used to store water for human use.
  8. 18. The line of the Rocky Mountains is called _______, and separates where water either flows to the west, or the east.
  9. 19. This is the term for a river loop that gets cut off from the river.
  10. 20. These are responsible for driving the water cycle.
Down
  1. 1. The water cycle ____ water by moving it from the Earth's surface, to the atmosphere and back.
  2. 2. Rain falling on the western side of the Colorado Rocky Mountains eventually ends up here.
  3. 3. Because light can reach the bottom of a pond, you are more likely to find ____ at the bottom of a pond than the bottom of a lake.
  4. 4. This process can release nutrients into a lake, it can also cause a lake to eventually turn into a meadow.
  5. 5. This is the process by which water goes from a liquid state to a gaseous state.
  6. 7. The process in which plants give off water through their leaves as water vapor.
  7. 9. Streams and small rivers that feed larger rivers are called ______.
  8. 12. Water that doesn't evaporate on land moves to rivers or lakes through this process.
  9. 13. About 30 percent of all fresh water can be found here.
  10. 15. Drainage basins are also known as _____.
  11. 17. When water vapor changes to liquid water.