Geology Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Water located beneath the Earth's surface, filling the pores and fractures
  2. 8. Having holes in which air or liquid can pass through
  3. 9. fringe- Subsurface zone right above the water table, where soil pores remain saturated with water
  4. 13. of depression- An inverted cone shaped loweing of the water table
  5. 14. The quality of a material to have the ability to let gas or liquid to pass through it
  6. 16. of aeration- Located between the ground surface and the water table, where pore spaces contain both air and water
  7. 18. topography- a unique landscape formed by the dissolution of soluble bedrock, primarily limestone, by water, resulting in distinctive features like sinkholes, caves, underground drainage systems, and springs.
  8. 19. a place where water or oil wells up from an underground source, or the basin or flow formed in such a way.
  9. 21. subsidence- the gradual settling or sudden sinking of the Earth's surface, occurring because of the removal of subsurface support from underground fluids
  10. 22. spring of naturally hot water, typically heated by subterranean volcanic activity.
Down
  1. 1. Solid rock underlying loose deposits
  2. 3. water intrusion- the movement of salty ocean water into freshwater aquifers and wells, contaminating drinking and irrigation supplies, primarily in coastal areas
  3. 4. a hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air.
  4. 5. aquifer- a saturated underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water under pressure, trapped between two less permeable layers
  5. 6. stream- a stream that disappears into the ground, losing its water to the subsurface through cracks
  6. 7. a cavity in the ground, especially in limestone bedrock, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground.
  7. 10. aquifer- a groundwater layer directly connected to the surface, with its upper boundary being the water table, which rises and falls with rainfall and atmospheric pressure
  8. 11. table- The upper boundary of the saturated zone, acts like a sponge and soaks up all the water
  9. 12. gradient- The slope of the hydraulic head over a specific distance
  10. 15. well- Trapped between impermeable rock which forces the water to go up without a pump
  11. 17. of saturation- Where all pores and holes are filled with water, lying below the water table
  12. 20. water table- Sits above the main regional water table