Science Vocabulary TTT Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere
  2. 3. a process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface
  3. 5. an underground boundary between the soil surface and the area where groundwater saturates spaces between sediments and cracks in rock.
  4. 8. the cultivation of aquatic organisms in controlled aquatic environments for any commercial, recreational or public purpose
  5. 11. a place where water moving underground finds an opening to the land surface and emerges, sometimes as just a trickle, maybe only after a rain, and sometimes in a continuous flow.
  6. 13. a substance that does not allow liquids or gases to go through it.
  7. 16. having pores or openings that permit liquids or gases to pass through.
  8. 18. water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface.
  9. 19. the measure of dissolved salts in water
  10. 20. the ratio of the quantity of a material or energy in a system to its outflow rate
  11. 22. where surface water is forced downwards, where it may deliver oxygen to deeper water
  12. 23. ice that broke off from glaciers or shelf ice and is floating in open water.
  13. 24. the elevated boundary separating areas that are drained by different river systems.
Down
  1. 2. the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water
  2. 4. excessive plant and algal growth due to the increased availability of one or more limiting growth factors needed for photosynthesis
  3. 6. the amount of a substance, such as a salt, that is in a certain amount of tissue or liquid, such as blood
  4. 7. an area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a river, lake, wetland or ocean.
  5. 9. having a low salt concentration — usually less than 1%.
  6. 10. water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail
  7. 11. water to which salt (as sodium chloride) has been added.
  8. 12. When a water-bearing rock readily transmits water to wells and springs
  9. 14. well from which water flows under natural pressure without pumping.
  10. 15. to water crops by bringing in water from pipes, canals, sprinklers, or other man-made means, rather than relying on rainfall alone
  11. 17. the process that changes liquid water to gaseous water (water vapor
  12. 21. mass of a unit volume of a material substance.