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