Across
- 2. number major river basins in North Carolina
- 4. seven percent: Amount of salty water
- 5. table: the top surface of underground water
- 6. aquifer : much deeper,harder to access & protected from surface contamination
- 8. A forested wetland
- 9. Discharge: Water beneath the surface released fro mthe ground.
- 13. Water vapor released from plants
- 15. area that drains into a smaller river or stream
- 17. rock layer underground that collects groundwater
- 19. Basin: area that drains into a large river/composed of multiple watersheds
- 20. cycle-water cycle
- 23. abiotic factor drives the water cycle
- 24. A large body of flowing freshwater
- 25. A small body of flowing freshwater
Down
- 1. Water released from clouds
- 2. Water solid (ice) turning to a gas (water vapor)
- 3. Ocean:5 of the river basins in NC drain into the Mississippi River and to the Gulf of Mexico. The remainder flow into the ____________.
- 7. Water change from a liquid to gas or vapor
- 10. A large body of salt water
- 11. percent: amount of freshwater
- 12. aquifer: shallower,easier to access & exposed to surface contamination
- 14. Movement of liquid water
- 16. Marsh: ground near the sea that often floods and always wet (typically a nursery for sea animals)
- 18. Body of water where salt and fresh water mix
- 21. Water vapor turning into liquid water
- 22. A large body of water surrounded by land