Earth Science Vocabulary Unit 2

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Across
  1. 1. Movement of ocean water far below the surface caused by differences in water density.
  2. 4. The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land (lithosphere), the oceans (hydrosphere), and living things (biosphere).
  3. 9. Any movement of matter that results from differences in density; usually circular.
  4. 11. A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow.
  5. 12. Water found in the spaces between rock particles below Earth’s surface.
  6. 13. Streamlike movement of water in the ocean.
  7. 15. Change of state from a solid directly to a gas (no liquid phase)
  8. 16. Process that brings cold, nutrient rich water from the deep ocean due to surface currents.
  9. 18. Upper boundary, or surface of groundwater.
Down
  1. 2. Liquid changes into a vapor
  2. 3. Measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer.
  3. 5. Change of state from a gas to a liquid.
  4. 6. Horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and occurs at or near the ocean’s surface.
  5. 7. Deflection Of moving objects from a straight path due to earth’s rotation.
  6. 8. Release of water vapor into the atmosphere by plants.
  7. 10. All the bodies of fresh water,salt water, ice, and snow found above the ground.
  8. 14. Measure of the percent of pore space in an aquifer.
  9. 17. Any form of water that falls to the Earth from clouds.