weather crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
  2. 6. current - A rush of water that flows back to sea through a narrow opening in a sandbar
  3. 8. Pressure-The pressure caused by the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area.
  4. 9. - a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
  5. 10. tide - a tide with the least difference between high and low tide that occurs when the sun and the moon pull at right angles to each other at the first and third quarters of the moon.
  6. 11. A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year.
  7. 14. Cycle- The continuous movement of water through Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, land, and surface water through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
  8. 15. process which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water.
  9. 17. instrument used to measure changes in air pressure.
  10. 18. - the daily rise and fall of Earth’s waters on its coastlines.
  11. 19. Well – a well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer
  12. 22. Water- Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground rock layers and soil.
  13. 23. - the horizontal distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next wave.
  14. 25. a place where groundwater flows to the surface
  15. 26. tide - a tide with the greatest difference between high and low tide that occurs when the sun and the moon are aligned with the Earth at the new moon and full moon.
Down
  1. 1. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface
  2. 3. of a material that is full of tiny connected air spaces that water can seep through
  3. 4. process by which water molecules in liquid water escape into the air as water vapor.
  4. 5. the envelope of gasses that surrounds Earth.
  5. 7. S6E3 Vocabulary Words
  6. 12. lake that stores water for human use
  7. 13. area that supplies water to a river system
  8. 16. small stream or river that feeds into a larger river
  9. 20. a device that determines the distance of an object under water by recording the echoes of sound waves.
  10. 21. source- a specific source of pollution that can be identified.
  11. 24. A fountain of water and steam that builds up pressure underground and erupts at intervals