Water (11-1)

2. / A flowing network of rivers and streams draining a river basin
4. / Much of the rain water ______ through the soil and down into the rocks beneath.
7. / A renewable resource that’s used to circulate water
8. / The percentage of freshwater that is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps
10. / An area in which water travels downward to become part of an aquifer
12. / A body or rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater
13. / The percentage of Earth’s surface covered with water
15. / All the bodies of freshwater, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above the ground
16. / A level of the Earth’s surface where the rocks and soil are saturated with water

1. / The percentage of Earth’s water is salt water
3. / The percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open spaces
5. / The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through it open spaces or pores
6. / The freshwater we use comes mainly from ______ _____ _____ and from a relatively narrow zone beneath the Earth’s surface.
9. / A hole that is dug or drilled to reach groundwater
11. / The water that is beneath the Earth’s surface
14. / The area of land that is drained by a water system