Across
- 2. The molecular force of attraction in the area of contact between unlike bodies that acts to hold them together
- 5. The regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms
- 6. A measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance
- 8. The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land
- 10. The amount of heat one gram of a substance must absorb or lose to change its temperature by one degree Celsius
- 11. A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
- 13. The envelope of gases surrounding the earth
- 15. The state or quality of a material or membrane that causes it to allow liquids or gases to pass through it
- 16. Pressure on the environment caused by human activities
- 19. The saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water
- 20. The amount of heat required to convert a liquid into a gas at constant temperature and pressure
- 23. The net result of the overall negative charge of the oxygen atom and the overall positive charges of the two hydrogen atoms
- 25. A continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by forces acting upon this mean flow, such as breaking waves, wind, the Coriolis effect, cabbing, temperature and salinity differences
- 26. the rigid outer part of the earth
- 27. A measure of how acidic/basic water is
- 28. A salt or ester of nitrite acid
- 31. The degree of compactness of a substance
- 33. A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
- 35. A substance that dissolves most chemicals
- 36. The activity or practice of touring
- 37. the chemical element of atomic number 15
- 38. The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream
Down
- 1. An area of the ocean floor where hydrogen sulfide, methane and other hydrocarbon-rich fluid seepage occurs
- 3. An opening in the sea floor out of which heated mineral-rich water flows
- 4. A series of organisms each dependent on the next for food
- 7. A measure of the condition of water relative to the requirements of one or more biotic species and or to any human need or purpose
- 9. basin The portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries
- 12. Stress on the environment caused by natural activities
- 14. The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
- 16. Water that is safe to drink or to use for food preparation
- 17. The property of the surface of a liquid that allows it to resist an external force
- 18. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds
- 21. Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
- 22. An irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years
- 24. The molecular force between particles within a body or substance that acts to unite them
- 29. A rising of seawater, magma, or other liquid
- 30. An organism whose status in an ecosystem is analyzed as an indication of the ecosystem's health
- 32. The amount of oxygen that is present in the water
- 34. The cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles
