Across
- 4. large body of water that forms in a basin, or hollow area, surrounded by land
- 6. all the water on and below Earth’s surface and in the atmosphere
- 8. water, in liquid or solid form, that falls from the atmosphere
- 10. to make or put in place
- 14. chemical, biological, and physical status of a body of water
- 17. refers to anything related to the oceans
- 19. attraction among molecules that are alike
- 22. The gaseous phase of water.
- 23. natural processes by which water continually moves throughout the hydrosphere
- 24. mass per unit volume of a material
- 25. measure of the cloudiness of water, from sediments, microscopic organisms, or pollutants
- 27. large, slow-moving mass of ice and snow
- 30. process of a liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid
- 31. water that flows over Earth’s surface
- 32. cannot be traced to one location
- 34. coastal area where freshwater mixes with salt water
- 35. The gaseous phase of water.
- 36. body of water that flows within a channel
Down
- 1. long column of ice taken from glaciers
- 2. sensing collection of data from a distance
- 3. upper limit of the saturated zone of groundwater
- 5. can be traced to one location
- 7. condition in which opposite ends of a molecule have slightly opposite charges; overall charge is neutral
- 9. water that lies below ground
- 11. average level of the ocean’s surface at any given time
- 12. area of permeable sediment or rock that holds significant amounts of water
- 13. evaporation of water from plants
- 15. different or not the same
- 16. measure of water’s ability to flow through rock and sediment
- 18. attraction among molecules that are not alike
- 20. amount of thermal energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a material by 1°C
- 21. process of a gas changing to a liquid
- 26. has less than 0.2 percent salt dissolved in it
- 28. measure of rock’s ability to hold water
- 29. Water beneath the surface of the ground.
- 33. glacier that spreads out over land