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Across
  1. 1. What daily atmospheric conditions called
  2. 4. What winds usually blow in one direction
  3. 10. What do we call long term weather patterns
  4. 11. What slow movement causes glaciers to move
  5. 12. What large ice mass covers land
  6. 14. What frozen water mass moves slowly downhill
  7. 15. What process wears away land by moving ice
  8. 16. What does water reduce temperature extremes or storms
  9. 17. Why does ice float in water
  10. 18. What is the upper surface of groundwater called
  11. 19. What underground rock layer stores water
Down
  1. 2. What property allows water to absorb lots of heat
  2. 3. What effect causes milder temperatures near water
  3. 5. What frozen layer forms on lakes in winter
  4. 6. What term describes saltiness of water
  5. 7. What does ice provide to water below it
  6. 8. What type of snow forms near large lakes
  7. 9. What area drains into one main water body
  8. 13. What percentage of Earth’s water is saltwater
  9. 14. What do we call underground stored water