Water Systems Crossword

Amount of salt dissovled in a specific amount of water.
The evaporation of water into a gas in the atmosphere and the percipitation of water in the air as it falls back to earth as snow or rain.
Indented areas of coastland or areas in the coastline that are in between headlands.
The crest of a wave that topples forward, collapsing onshore.
The highest part of a wave.
Smallest tidal movements that occur when the Sun and Moon are at the right angles to each other.
The largest tidal movements that occur when Earth, the Moon, and the Sun are in a line.
A long smooth wave that moves steadily without breakering.
The difference between high tide and low tide.
slow rise and fall of the ocean.
A large amount of ocean water that moves in a particular and unchanging direction.
An area of wetlands that builds up where a river meets the ocean.
The lowest part of a wave.
Microscopic plant-like organisms.
Vertical movement of water from the ocean floor.
The parts of the coastline that project farther out in to the ocean.
The growing and harvesting of marine species in a controlled marine area.
Light produced by chemical reactions in the bodies of some living marine organisms.
The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period of time.
The short-term conditions in the atmosphere at specific place and time.
A large chunk of ice that has broken off a glacier and floats in the ocean.
Percipitation that falls on land and sinks out of sight and remians in cracks underground.
The amount of mass in a certain volume.
percipittaion thta falls to land and flow into creeks, streams, and rivers and eventually into the ocean.
The solid rocky ground of Earth's crust.
All of the water on Earth including that in the atmosphere and lithopshere
The increase in the average temperatures of Earth's oceans and air near Earth's surface.
The force that pulls all masses toward the center of Earth or any large mass.
The temperature at which a substance freezes or solidifies.
A large compressed mass of ice and snow that does hot melt away in the summer.
The air surrounding the planet.
More of a particular species of fish are removed from an area than can be replaced by reproduction.
Tiny animals that eat other types of plankton for food.
A new or foreign species that is introduced into a food web.
The process of heat transfer from one place to another by the movement of warm fluids from place to place.