Hydrology Crossword Puzzle

3. Long underwater mountain chain formed by tectonic plates.
6. Deep valley in the ocean floor.
9. Collections of fresh water from precipitation and or run off.
11. Movement of water caused by wind, temperature, and salinity differences.
14. Energy moving through water that forms crests and troughs.
15. Force caused by the weight of water pushing down at deep ocean levels.
17. The amount of salt dissolved in water.
18. The shallow edge of a continent under the ocean.

1. The largest body of saltwater covering most of Earth.
2. Any water that is absorbed by the soil and rocks is stored as groundwater.
4. The deeper you go in the ocean, this increases.
5. Measure of how acidic or basic water is.
7. Property of water where one side of the molecule is slightly positive and the other slightly negative.
8. Glaciers are frozen water from compacted snow and ice that moves slowly across the land because of gravity.
10. — Flat, deep area of the ocean floor.
11. Large movement of ocean water in a certain direction.
12. Regular rise and fall of sea levels caused by the moon’s gravity.
13. How much mass is packed into a certain volume of water.
16. Fresh water moving because of gravity all this water goes to lakes, oceans, or seas.