Across
- 10. draining away of water from the surface of an area of land when excess can no longer infiltrate the soil
- 13. area of seabed around a large landmass geologically part of continental crust but relatively shallow compared with the open ocean
- 15. huge body of saltwater that covers about 71 percent of the Earth’s surface
- 16. slope between the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor
- 19. transfer of heat due to the bulk movement of molecules within fluids
- 21. the quality or degree of being saline
- 22. large natural stream of water flowing in a channel
- 23. rain snow sleet or hail that falls under gravity from clouds
- 25. an area of land permanently saturated or filled with water
- 26. the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation
Down
- 1. process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance
- 2. water present beneath the surface of Earth in soil and in fractures of rock formations
- 3. process of turning liquid into vapor
- 4. change from gas phase to liquid phase, usually refers to water cycle
- 5. a large landform rising from the ocean floor that does not reach the water’s surface
- 6. the continuous movement of water on above or below the surface of the Earth
- 7. major depositional area in oceans between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain
- 8. process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
- 9. a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body in the form of a moving ridge or swell
- 11. solid form of water i.e. frozen water
- 12. sunlight and energy that comes from the sun
- 14. large body of water surrounded by land
- 17. rising of the sea as a result of atmospheric pressure changes and wind associated with a storm
- 18. an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or rock fractures or unconsolidated materials
- 20. flat seafloor area generally near a continent at 10000-20000 feet below sea level
- 24. climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in eastern Pacific Ocean near equator
- 27. the alternate rising and falling of sea levels caused by the effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the moon and the sun