Water Vocabulary

4. Currents that occur near the surface and are created by wind blowing over the water.
6. Trench A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle.
8. The process by which water vapor in the air becomes liquid water.
9. A smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor.
11. Any body of water that is above ground, such as rivers, lakes, streams, etc.
13. Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.
14. A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of the continent.
15. Any form of water that falls from clouds.

1. An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.
2. A large mass of moving ice and snow on land.
3. Water that flows over the ground instead of soaking into the ground.
5. The amount of dissolved salts in water.
7. Circular movement of water due.
10. The process by which water escapes into the air as water vapor.
12. Underwater mountains that rise hundreds or thousands of feet from the seafloor.