Unit E Crossword - Cadence M. 8Sau.

4. the total amount of all salts dissolved in water.
6. the area of land that drains into one main lake or river.
9. rock fragments and soil.
10. changes in patterns that move along the water's surface.
11. a physical characteristic or behavior of a species.
13. the variety of different kinds of organisms in an ecosystem.
16. the shoreline area that animals and plants can live in.
17. to observe.
20. the rate of water flow, slope of the streams bed, and erosion rate of the banks.
23. a group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area.
26. the highest level water will reach on shore.

1. an ecosystem where fresh water from streams and rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean.
2. large moving bodies of ice.
3. the average weather measured over a period of time.
5. water that contains a high concentration of calcium and magnesium.
7. forcing salt water through a filter that doesn't let the salt through to purify water.
8. streams of water that move within a larger body of water.
12. when water is boiled and the salt is removed to purify water.
14. water that humans can safely drink.
15. the highest land on a continent that determine which way a watershed flows.
18. a change is a water level.
19. how pure water is.
21. The amount of water-borne materials a river carries.
22. a shelf of land that extends from the edge of a continent below the ocean’s surface.
24. taking water from places that have plenty to places that have very little.
25. the lowest level water will reach on shore.