Unit 7: Hydrosphere Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. All of the land area that supplies water to a particular river system
  2. 4. Body of water, partly enclosed by land, that occurs where fresh water meets the water of an ocean or inland sea
  3. 7. The return of water from the atmosphere to Earth's surface in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail
  4. 11. Using a source other than precipitation to water crops
  5. 12. A measure of the acidity or alkalinity (basicity) of a solution
  6. 15. Water that flows over land and collects in a stream or river
  7. 16. Fresh water found below Earth's surface
  8. 23. Any animal lacking a backbone and large enough to see without the aid of a microscope
  9. 25. The boundary between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation in an aquifer
  10. 26. The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1 degree Celsius (°C)
  11. 27. A change in state from a vapor to a liquid
Down
  1. 1. The source of a stream or river
  2. 2. Well from which water flows under natural pressure without pumping
  3. 5. the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
  4. 6. Any form of precipitation with acidic components, such as sulfuric or nitric acid that fall to the ground from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms
  5. 8. Water is attracted to water
  6. 9. Not allowing water or other substances to pass through
  7. 10. A sponge like formation of rock, sand, or gravel that holds water
  8. 13. The release of water vapor by plants through their leaves
  9. 14. The rapid growth of algae in an area that can cover the surface of the water and block sunlight from reaching plants below
  10. 17. molecule in which one end of the molecule is slightly positive, while the other end is slightly negative
  11. 18. Lands that occur along the edges of rivers, streams, lakes, and other water bodies
  12. 19. The introduction of phosphorus and nitrogen into a body of water that leads to an overgrowth of algae and other producers
  13. 20. Attracted to other substances
  14. 21. The buildup of salts in the surface layers of soil
  15. 22. Having spaces or pores that allow water or other substances to pass through
  16. 24. A change in state from a liquid to a gas