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Across
  1. 2. A body of moving water, contained within a bank (sides) and bed (bottom).
  2. 5. A crevasse near the top of a glacier where moving ice below is separated from stagnant ice above.
  3. 11. A change in the shape of water caused by energy from wind.
  4. 12. Large sheets of flowing ice.
  5. 13. level Where a stream meets a large body of standing water, usually the ocean.
  6. 15. Where a stream enters a larger body of water such as a lake or an ocean.
  7. 17. A deep crack in a glacier that forms as a result of ice movement.
  8. 18. Process in which a substance changes from a liqud to a gas.
  9. 21. The smaller of two streams that join together to make a larger stream.
  10. 22. A measure of the amount of dissolved salt in water; average ocean salinity is 3.5%.
  11. 24. zone The zone in the water column deeper than 200 m where sunlight does not penetrate.
  12. 28. of accumulation The upper part of a glacier where the amount of snow and ice that accumulates is greater than the amount that melts off.
  13. 30. tide The lowest water levels during a day when high tide is one-quarter of the way around Earth's sphere.
  14. 32. Water that falls from the sky to Earth's surface; may take the form of rain, snow, sleet, hail, or freezing rain.
  15. 33. zone The part of the ocean where the continental shelf gradually slopes seaward. Sunlight can penetrate to the bottom in much of the neritic zone.
  16. 35. Ocean water that sinks due to higher density.
  17. 37. The regular rising and falling of Earth's surface waters twice a tidal day as a result of the Moon's and Sun's gravitational attraction.
  18. 39. Process in which a substance changes from a gas to a liquid.
  19. 42. current A horizontal movement of ocean water, caused by surface winds.
  20. 43. glacier A sheet of ice covering a large area that is not confined to a valley.
  21. 45. (water) cycle The movements of water in and between reservoirs (e.g. oceans, clouds, streams, ice, and ground water).
  22. 46. Where two streams join together.
  23. 47. column A vertical column of ocean water, divided into different zones according to their depth.
  24. 49. The region near a stream bed where water from the stream overflows during floods.
  25. 50. current Local surface currents that move along a shoreline in the direction of prevailing winds.
Down
  1. 1. time The amount of time, on average, a substance remains in a reservoir.
  2. 3. surge Water that is pushed in a pile near shore by storm winds causing sea level to rise locally.
  3. 4. A bend or curve in a stream channel.
  4. 6. A storage location for a substance, such as water. The atmosphere is a reservoir for carbon dioxide.
  5. 7. A ridge that separates one water basin from another.
  6. 8. tide A large tidal range that occurs when the Moon, Sun, and Earth area aligned; this happens at full and new moon phases.
  7. 9. A large body of freshwater drained by a stream; naturally occurring or human-made.
  8. 10. of ablation The lower part of a glacier where the amount of snow and ice that melts off is greater than the amount that accumulates.
  9. 13. The total mass of living organisms in a given region.
  10. 14. vapor Water in the form of a gas. Water vapor is invisible to humans; when we see clouds, we actually are seeing liquid water in the clouds.
  11. 16. circulation Temperature and salinity (density) driven currents that drive deep ocean circulation.
  12. 19. The change of a substance from a solid to a gas without going through the liquid phase.
  13. 20. current A strong surface current that returns to the ocean from the shore.
  14. 23. The release of water vapor into the air through the leaves of plants.
  15. 25. A small body of freshwater, with no stream draining it; fed by an underground spring.
  16. 26. Cold, nutrient-rich water that rises from oceanic depths.
  17. 27. (valley) glacier A glacier found in a valley in the mountains.
  18. 29. zone The open ocean, where sunlight does not reach the seabed.
  19. 31. zone The upper 200 m of the ocean, where sunlight penetrates.
  20. 34. zone The part of the ocean closest to the shore, between low and high tide.
  21. 36. Five loops created by surface ocean currents.
  22. 38. Where a stream meets a lake or, more usually, an ocean. The mixture of fresh and salt water attracts a large number of species and so estuaries have high biodiversity.
  23. 39. divide A divide that separates water that goes to different oceans.
  24. 40. tide The smallest tidal range in a lunar month occurring at the first- and third-quarter moons when the Sun and Moon are at 90o relative to each other, relative to Earth.
  25. 41. range The difference between the high and low tide in a day.
  26. 44. The location where a stream forms, often high in the mountains.
  27. 48. tide The highest water levels during a day caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon.