Water on Earth Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. water in gas form
  2. 8. _____ oil drilling the process by which humans extract oil and natural gas through wells drilled into the sea floor
  3. 9. a natural pattern of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff that moves water from Earth
  4. 12. microscopic aquatic producers
  5. 16. the solid portion of Earth, including the solid crust and the solid and molten rock found in Earth’s interior
  6. 17. an underground geological formation that captures, stores, and transports water that percolates through the soil
  7. 18. water that collects above ground, such as in rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds
  8. 20. the process by which a gas turns into a liquid
  9. 22. any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls to the ground, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
  10. 23. to trickle or pass through something porous, such as a filter, soil, or rocks
  11. 25. small plastic pieces less than five millimeters in length that result from the breakdown of larger plastic materials and are environmental pollutants
Down
  1. 1. the contamination of the environment with harmful substances, including chemicals and particles
  2. 2. all the water on or surrounding Earth
  3. 3. water stored in the soil, between rocks, or in aquifers beneath Earth’s surface
  4. 5. the highest, largest, and least dense layer of Earth’s atmosphere
  5. 6. an area of land that channels precipitation downhill to a particular body of water
  6. 7. the protection or reduced use of resources
  7. 10. the process by which a liquid turns into a gas
  8. 11. _______ fertilizer a human-made substance added to soil to help plants grow
  9. 13. _______ fishing the catching of fish and other seafood for profit
  10. 14. an area in a body of water where oxygen levels are so low that aquatic life cannot survive
  11. 15. the act of protecting something valuable from loss, damage, or danger
  12. 17. ______ reef a human-made structure that creates a habitat for ocean life
  13. 19. the lowest and densest layer of Earth’s atmosphere; contains about 75% of all air and is where most weather phenomena occur
  14. 21. ______ table the underground boundary between unsaturated soil and groundwater
  15. 24. water that does not absorb into the ground, but flows over Earth’s surface toward larger bodies of water
  16. 26. the process of removing aquatic life from a body of water faster than the populations can reproduce