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Test 4

Graphic - Test


Crossword puzzle

Crossword puzzle

Across

  1. Device used to transport water to your home.
  2. Preservation and protection of our resources.
  3. Gas formed by heating water.
  4. A barrier to hold back water.
  5. Container used to carry water.
  6. The sun's _______ heats water molecules.
  7. Chemical used to purify water.
  8. A living person, animal, or plant.
  9. Water is made up of hydrogen and ______.
  10. Most of Canada's rivers drain ______.
  11. The scale on which level of acidity is measured.
  12. A small, flowing body of water.
  13. Treated waste discharged from a wastewater treatment plant.
  14. Countries with less water than Canada would like us to ______ water to them.
  15. Do you _____ about water quality?

Down

  1. The treatment of water and wastewater helps keep _____ substances from our water supply.
  2. To supply water to farms, for example, by ditches and canals.
  3. Mining companies use water to separate ____ from rocks.
  4. Everyone must _____ water wisely!
  5. Water contains two _________ of hydrogen.
  6. A device used to measure how much water has been used.
  7. A measure of liquid capacity.
  8. To filter down, as through soil.
  9. We are all links in the food _______.
  10. A water _____ or diviner might help you locate underground water.
  11. We inhabit the planet _______.
  12. Other countries think Canada has ______ water than it needs.
  13. Water has been around for over _____ billion years.

Water puzzle

Find the water-related words in this puzzle. They may be spelled-out backwards, forwards, or diagonally.

airinfrastructureshower
bathleadsponge
conservationlitretoilet
conservemoneytransportation
drainpollutiontreat
droppurifywater
greywaterrainwise
habitreducexeriscaping
healthretrofit 
householdsave 
T  X  E  R  H  T  L  A  E  H  H  A  B  I  T
A  R  G  T  R  N  K  A  P  N  E  X  N  N  R
R  V  E  P  Q  A  I  O  I  S  T  F  O  R  A
H  I  R  A  E  R  R  A  I  G  R  I  E  E  N
G  E  A  L  T  D  R  W  V  A  T  C  X  W  S
N  R  E  G  N  O  P  S  S  A  T  O  N  O  P
I  E  M  H  R  H  X  T  V  E  I  N  O  H  O
P  T  O  T  S  O  R  R  R  C  F  S  I  S  R
A  A  N  A  T  U  E  S  E  U  O  E  T  G  T
C  W  E  B  C  S  T  A  T  D  R  R  U  Y  A
S  Y  Y  T  N  E  O  V  A  E  T  V  L  F  T
I  E  U  O  C  H  I  E  W  R  E  E  L  I  I
R  R  C  D  G  O  L  L  I  T  R  E  O  R  O
E  G  B  E  H  L  E  D  R  A  I  N  P  U  N
X  A  F  J  I  D  T  N  A  E  L  C  U  P  I

Word scramble

See if you can unscramble each of the words below and then write in the correct definition from those provided.

Scrambled wordCorrect spellingDefinition
elryecc__________(  )
coitx__________(  )
egatriri__________(  )
werse__________(  )
hecnoril__________(  )
mosat__________(  )
upraov__________(  )
chogiloryd__________(  )
tgpanrocineoh__________(  )
nogyex__________(  )

Definitions

  1. caused by people
  2. water has one atom of this
  3. pipe that takes water away from your house
  4. to supply water to farms by ditches or canals
  5. poisonous
  6. to use again
  7. another name for the water cycle
  8. water changes to this when it is heated
  9. water has three of these
  10. added to water for purifying


 
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