Environmental Science Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: point source : type of pollution that can be traced back to a single incident, water table : highest point in an aquifer from in which water can be collected, geo sphere : earth system that includes the rocks, soil, landforms, and interior of the planet, discharge : aquifer _ happens when water leaves the aquifer, aquifer : the underground layer of rock, sand or soil that holds groundwater, rock cycle : the processes that form, break down, and re-form rock from one category to another, hydrosphere : earth system that includes all of the water on the planet, unconfined : an _ aquifer has no layers of nonporous material between the water level and ground level, permeability : determines whether water can move through the material, porosity : determines how much water a material can hold, groundwater : the supply of fresh water found beneath the earth's surface, sinkhole : a hole in the ground formed when water has dissolved underground rock, confined : a _ aquifer has a layer of nonporous material between the water level and ground level that separates water from ground level, recharge : aquifer _ happens when water reaches the aquifer, limestone : a kind of porous sedimentary rock formed from the skeletons of marine organisms, filtration : process of separating solid matter from a fluid through a filter, well : a pipe in the ground that reaches the water table, hydro geology : the study of geology that focuses on the distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of earth's crust