Across
- 3. water pollution that does not have a specific point of origin
- 4. the process by which surface water enters the soil
- 7. A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean.
- 9. the volume of open spaces in rock or soil
- 11. An attraction between molecules of different substances
- 16. an oceanic circulation pattern driven by differences in temperature and salinity
- 18. The gradual sinking of land
- 22. the large circular surface current pattern found in each ocean
- 23. the amount of water in a stream that passes a given point in a period of time
- 24. The upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater
- 25. The area of land drained by a river and its branches.
- 26. pollution that enters a body of water from a specific source
Down
- 1. Does not contain any salt and can be rivers, lakes, streams,ponds, and wetlands
- 2. zone where all open spaces in sediment and rock are completely filled with water
- 5. Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
- 6. The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends.
- 8. The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree celcius
- 10. an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet
- 12. mixture of fresh and salt water
- 13. the uneven distribution of electrical charge in a molecule. They have positive and negative ends, like a magnet.
- 14. Ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it
- 15. water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
- 17. excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land
- 19. A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.
- 20. A chemical intended to kill insects and other organisms that damage crops.
- 21. Attraction between molecules of the same substance