Across
- 2. Area that contains brackish water from the ocean meeting the mouth of a river
- 4. The measure of the amount of dissolved salts in water.
- 6. A type of vertical current that carries water from the surface to deeper parts of the ocean; caused by density
- 10. A large volume of water flowing in a certain direction
- 12. Shaped by waves, tides and currents by erosion and deposition
- 14. Water seeps down into the ground through the soil
- 16. The process where water is converted into a gas and rises up into the atmosphere
- 17. Islands Islands that run parallel to the mainland
- 18. Wind driven currents that carry warm or cold water across the ocean's surface
- 19. The amount of matter in a given volume
- 21. Name for the type of farming of raising fish, shellfish, algae or aquatic plants. Way to sustain our food supply.
- 22. Evaporation by plants
Down
- 1. Areas that have water most of the year that is 6 in to 3 feet in depth
- 3. Occurs in the atmosphere where water vapor evaporated off the surface cools and turns into liquid
- 5. Water that is on Earth's surface such as rivers, lakes and streams
- 7. Water that is stored underground
- 8. When enough water vapor in the atmosphere condenses it falls back down to Earth in the form of rain or snow.
- 9. The process of removing salt from salt water
- 11. The leader in water pollution
- 13. Underground storage area for water made of permeable rock layers
- 15. Process that is a result of excess nutrients in the water that can cause explosive plant growth
- 20. An embankment built along the shore to protect the land from powerful waves
- 23. Water runs along the surface of the Earth until it enters another body of water
