Across
- 5. highest point of land on a continent
- 8. measure of the amount of substances besides water in a water sample
- 9. area of land that drains into one main lake or river
- 11. the laying down or depositing of sediments
- 12. group of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area
- 16. this process operated by forcing salt water through a filter or membrane with holes too small for the salts to pass through
- 19. an area drained by a river; a low lying area on the Earth’s surface with thick layers of sediment
- 20. description of the variety of different species in an ecosystem
- 21. respond
- 22. large moving body of ice
- 23. amount of dissolved salts in water
- 24. organism’s reaction to a simulate
Down
- 1. stream of water that moves within a larger body of water
- 2. daily change in water level of the oceans
- 3. characteristics used to describe a stream or river
- 4. physical characteristics or behaviour of a species that increases the species’ chances of survival in a particular environment
- 6. the solid outer part of Earth
- 7. in water, circular movement of water particles that causes a change in patterns that moves along the water’s surface
- 10. water that is safe for humans to drink
- 13. average weather measured over a long period of time
- 14. water containing a high concentration of calcium and magnesium
- 15. the process where the solution is boiled so that the water evaporates and leaves the salt behind
- 17. transporting of rock fragments and soil
- 18. any change in an organism’s environment
