Across
- 4. a colorless, odorless, transparent, tasteless liquid.
- 5. the degree of excellence of something.
- 9. living solely or chiefly in or on the water.
- 10. a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and maintenance of life.
- 11. water that seeps through the soil or rocks.
- 15. a river, canal or other route for travel.
- 16. a heavy silvery-white metal that is liquid at ordinary temperature.
- 17. a microorganism that causes diseases such as bacterium, virus or fungus.
- 18. careful examination.
Down
- 1. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall leading to shortage of water.
- 2. shaft into the ground to obtain water, oil and gas.
- 3. a small narrow river.
- 6. an official announcement, typically a warning.
- 7. a process by which water becomes dirty as a result of fine mineral particles in the water.
- 8. a natural body of water emptying into oceans, lakes etc.
- 12. liquid that has been adversely affected by anthropogenic influence.
- 13. moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops.
- 14. microorganisms made up of a single cell that has no distinct nucleus.
