Freshwater Vocab By: Kari Gardner Period: 5

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Across
  1. 1. the percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open spaces
  2. 3. if water cannot pass through it, it is_______
  3. 6. a manmade hole dug meant to get water
  4. 8. when the sun turns water into gas
  5. 9. a natural drainage system
  6. 11. a change in elevation over a certain length of land
  7. 12. the process in which water seeps into the ground when it rains
  8. 14. when the water sucked up by the sun turns into droplets in the clouds
  9. 16. the ability to let water through an objects pores
  10. 18. a place underground that DOESN'T have water
Down
  1. 1. a process in which rainwater becomes ground water
  2. 2. a place that ground water is stored
  3. 4. the process when water pours out of the sky when the clouds get too heavy
  4. 5. a place underground that IS full of water
  5. 6. the upper surface of underground water
  6. 7. a place where groundwater flows onto the crust
  7. 10. water that flows underground when it rains
  8. 13. a stream or lake that flows into a watershed
  9. 15. an area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks
  10. 17. the amount of sediment a river carries