Water Unit Study Guide

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Across
  1. 3. property allowing water to absorb large amounts of heat and release it slowly
  2. 4. percentage of Earth's water that is freshwater
  3. 5. runoff water that has not soaked into the ground
  4. 6. water that soaks into the ground
  5. 9. area where the water has filled all the space in the soil
  6. 15. percentage of Earth's unfrozen, freshwater that is available to supply living organisms to survive
  7. 16. "stickiness" that water molecules have for each other
  8. 17. ability of water to pass through soil and rock
  9. 18. location where the river ends its journey into a still body of water like a lake or ocean
  10. 19. mass per volume and the amount for water is 1.0g/ml
  11. 20. area that is drained by a river & all the streams that empty into it-also known as drainage basin
  12. 21. percentage of Earth's freshwater that is frozen
Down
  1. 1. upper 2 meters of the ocean that stores heat
  2. 2. amount of energy needed to turn a substance from liquid to gas
  3. 5. percentage of Earth's surface covered with water
  4. 7. term meaning non-living
  5. 8. underground layers that store ground water
  6. 10. property allowing small objects to be able to "float" on the surface of a liquid
  7. 11. "stickiness" that water molecules have for other substances
  8. 12. percentage of Earth's water that is saltwater
  9. 13. the average salinity of seawater
  10. 14. the bonding of water molecules to one another due to positive & negative charges
  11. 19. the high ground between two drainage basins
  12. 20. the only substance on earth that occurs naturally as a solid, liquid and gas
  13. 21. a measure of the amount of salt present