Across
- 2. ____________ tension is the attractive force of hydrogen bonds on the surface of water
- 4. It takes a lot of energy for water to heat up and a long time to cool down. This is heat ____________.
- 7. A stormwater _________ is a basin (hole) that collects rain (runoff) from parking lots, roads and buildings
- 13. fresh water stored underground in cracks and pores
- 15. an area of land that drains water into a creek, river, lake, bay, or ocean because of gravity
- 16. plants release gas (water vapor)
- 17. snow, sleet, rain, or hail that falls to the ground
- 18. ice is less dense than liquid water. Molecules are farther apart.
- 19. an overflow of rainfall or snowmelt that cannot be absorbed by soil and plants (tree)
- 20. a natural area that traps and cleans water from rain and snowmelt. Diverse plants and wildlife water dissolves all other polar molecules because of its +,- ends
Down
- 1. an underground layer of rock, sand, gravel, or soil that is interconnected and filled with water
- 3. liquid to water to a gas (water vapor)
- 5. A water ____________ is a measure of the amount between water entering an area (precipitation), leaving an area (evaporation, consumption, runoffs) and storage of water (groundwater)
- 6. gas (water vapor)to a liquid
- 7. a molecules that has electrically charged areas
- 8. gas to a solid (ice)
- 9. solid water to gas
- 10. the attractive force between water molecules
- 11. Water cycles through all four ___________forever.
- 12. The water __________ is the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water on USA standards of its use
- 14. where molecules of water are attracted to other substances