Chapter 8: Water Resources and Water Pollution

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Across
  1. 2. A hole that is dug or drilled to get water from the earth
  2. 4. Not having enough of something needed
  3. 7. An intestinal infection caused by contaminated water or food
  4. 8. /Human-generated liquid pollution that flows from homes, businesses, and industries; also called wastewater
  5. 11. Used up (ran out)
  6. 13. An organic or inorganic plant nutrient
  7. 14. The making and selling of a particular kind of good or service
  8. 16. _____________ Waste: Waste that contains or is contaminated by radioactive materials
  9. 18. An organism that can cause disease
  10. 19. Pollution that cannot be traced back to a specific source
  11. 21. To soak into something.
  12. 22. A nonliving microorganism that can infect cells and cause disease
  13. 23. Play or amusement
Down
  1. 1. A chemical used to kill weeds
  2. 3. To artificially supply land with water for agriculture or landscaping
  3. 5. Underground layers of rock, sand, or gravel that trap, store, and transport water
  4. 6. The top of the groundwater layer
  5. 9. An area of land from which precipitation drains into a particular river, stream, or lake
  6. 10. An intestinal infection marked by severe diarrhea
  7. 12. Pollution that comes from a particular source
  8. 15. Rain or melted snow that flows over land to streams, rivers, lakes, and the ocean
  9. 17. An unusually long period of little rainfall
  10. 20. A pond or lake, either natural or artificial, for the storage of water