Across
- 7. Shelf the area of seabed around a large landmass where the sea is relatively shallow compared with the open ocean. The continental shelf is geologically part of the continental crust
- 8. Slope the slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor
- 11. the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution
- 13. the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch
- 16. Vent an opening in the sea floor out of which heated mineral-rich water flows
- 17. water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it
- 18. the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream
- 20. the process of turning from liquid into vapor
- 21. an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas
- 22. off there is more water than land can absorb. The excess liquid flows across the surface of the land and into nearby creeks, streams, or ponds
Down
- 1. Ridge - an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics
- 2. Source Pollution a single identifiable source of air, water, thermal, noise or light pollution
- 3. water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock
- 4. Rise a sediment underwater feature found between the continental slope and the abyssal plain
- 5. a seamount with a flat top
- 6. Source Pollution caused when rainfall or snowmelt, moving over and through the ground, picks up and carries natural and human-made pollutants, depositing them into lakes, rivers, wetlands, coastal waters and ground waters
- 9. land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land
- 10. (of a plant or leaf) the exhalation of water vapor through the stomata
- 12. Zone - the area where the ocean meets the land between high and low tides.
- 14. Plain an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depths between 3,000 metres and 6,000 metres.
- 15. the flora and fauna found on the bottom, or in the bottom sediments, of a sea, lake, or other body of water
- 19. any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of ocean water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans