Across
- 4. : the place where an organism lives and obtains all the things it needs to survive
- 8. self : a gently slopping, sallow area that extends outward from the edge of each continent
- 9. : the total amount of dissolved salts in a sample of water
- 10. : water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
- 11. nina : when surface waters in the eastern pacific are colder than normal
- 12. nino : a climate event that occurs every two to seven years in the pacific ocean
- 15. plain : a broad covered area with thick layers of mud and silt
- 16. : the process by which water is given off through leaves as water vapor
- 18. : a long, deep valley on the ocean floor
Down
- 1. : a long stream of moving water
- 2. : SOund NAvigation and Ranging
- 3. : water that falls to the earth as rain snow sleet or hail
- 5. : the process by which runoff seeps into groundwater
- 6. ridges : long chains of mountains on the ocean floor
- 7. cycle : the process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
- 8. effect : the effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of the winds and currents
- 12. : the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change in to a gaseous state
- 13. : the pattern of temperature and precipitation typical of an area over a long period of time
- 14. : a volcanic mountain rising from the ocean floor that doesn't touch the surface
- 17. : occurs when the suffice particles of a solid gain enough energy that hey form a gas\