Across
- 4. Occurs when liquid water changes into water vapor.
- 6. Most of the water found on the surface of the Earth is ____ water.
- 9. Icebergs float in the ocean because ice is ____ dense than liquid water.
- 13. Pollution that occurs when waste matter or other material is introduced into water making it harmful to organisms that live in, drink, or are exposed to water is ____ pollution.
- 15. Any form of water that falls to Earth.
- 17. The upper boundary, or surface, of groundwater is called the water ______.
- 18. The property that holds molecules of different substances together.
- 20. The property of water that allows it to form droplets when in liquid form.
- 21. The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things is called the ______ cycle.
- 22. A measure of the amount of open spaces between the particles of rock and soil.
Down
- 1. A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow.
- 2. Pollution that comes from many small sources and is difficult to control is known as _____ source pollution.
- 3. A _____ is the area of land that is drained by a river system.
- 5. A smaller stream that feeds into a river and eventually into a river system.
- 6. Water is called the universal _____ because it dissolves a large number of substances.
- 7. Water is a ____ molecule because its hydrogen atoms have a small positive charge and its oxygen atom has a small negative charge.
- 8. A ridge, or area of higher ground that separates one watershed from another.
- 10. The materials carried by a stream other than the water itself is the ____ load.
- 11. The change of state from a gas to a liquid.
- 12. The chain of energy transfers that create surface currents on the ocean is solar energy -> ___ energy -> surface currents.
- 14. Any heating of natural water that results from human activity is ____ pollution.
- 16. Pollution that comes from a specific site is ____ source pollution.
- 19. Precipitation that is more acidic than normal is ____ rain.
- 23. Occurs when solid water changes directly to water vapor without first becoming a liquid.
