Across
- 4. meaning of or belonging to the bank of a river
- 8. means that water likes to stick to other things
- 10. Some part of the precipitation that lands on the ground surface infiltrates into the subsurface
- 12. terrain is created from the dissolution of soluble rocks, principally limestone and dolomite
- 17. waste, chemicals, or other particles cause a body of water (i.e. rivers, oceans, lakes) to become harmful to the fish and animals that need the water to survive
- 18. water is said to be the universal _________. any chemical can be dissolved in water.
- 20. property referring to the ability for a given substance, the solute, to dissolve in a solvent.
- 23. Underground area where the earths surface is saturated and can be depleted by pumping
- 24. the place where water is able to seep into the ground and refill an aquifer because no confining layer is present
- 27. aquifers are those into which water seeps from the ground surface directly above the aquifer
- 29. the movement of water into the ground from the surface
- 30. a partly enclosed body of water along the coast where one or more streams or rivers enter and mix freshwater with seawater
- 32. an area of land that captures rainfall and other precipitation and funnels it to a lake or stream, rivers, or wetland until it reaches the ocean
- 33. the property of the surface of a liquid that allows it to resist an external force, due to the cohesive nature of the water molecules
- 35. unlike pollution from industrial and sewage treatment plants, comes from many diffuse sources
- 37. small (often microscopic) plants and animals floating, drifting or weakly swimming in bodies of fresh or salt water
- 38. a freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream or river
- 39. another name for the Water Cycle
Down
- 1. is equal to the volume of water it would take to cover an acre to a depth of one foot
- 2. process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor
- 3. aquifers are those in which an impermeable dirt/rock layer exists that prevents water from seeping into the aquifer from the ground surface located directly above
- 5. process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water
- 6. process by which earth is worn away by liquid water, wind, or ice
- 7. the property of a liquid that describes how fast or slowly it will flow
- 9. tank onsite wastewater treatment system that processes and purifies household waste (effluent)
- 11. rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail
- 13. the substance which is dissolved by the solvent. For example, in a solution of salt and water, water is the solvent and salt is the ________.
- 14. areas where water covers the soil, or is present either at or near the surface of the soil all year or for varying periods of time during the year, including during the growing season
- 15. artificial application of water to the soil through various systems of tubes, pumps, and sprays
- 16. These bonds, weak interactions that form between a hydrogen with a partial positive charge and a more electronegative atom, such as oxygen
- 19. the measure of relative clarity of a liquid
- 21. is any material that allows water to pass through, such as natural land with grasses and trees.
- 22. any single identifiable source of pollution from which pollutants are discharged, such as a pipe, ditch, ship or factory smokestack
- 25. property of water where it likes to stick to itself
- 26. a geologic formation that stores or transmits ground water
- 28. a period of time when an area or region experiences below-normal precipitation.
- 31. the amount of matter in a given space; D=mass/volume
- 34. a measure of dissolved salts in a concentration of water
- 36. The ability of a material to allow the passage of a liquid, such as water. Materials, such as gravel and sand, allow water to move quickly through them