Circulation in Earth's Oceans

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Across
  1. 3. currents that flow in huge circular patterns
  2. 5. Continental _____: the change in the direction of currents as they meet continents
  3. 7. the north & south position on the globe
  4. 10. when convection happens repeatedly or in a cycle (2 words)
  5. 11. the subsystem where 97% of Earth’s water is salt water
  6. 12. a measure of the amount of mass in a given volume of a substance
  7. 13. a movement of ocean water that follows a regular pattern
Down
  1. 1. horizontal movement of water in a regular pattern at the ocean’s surface (2 words)
  2. 2. the movement of water in regular patterns below the surface of the ocean (3 words)
  3. 3. cause of surface currents by transferring energy to ocean water (2 words)
  4. 4. movement of matter due to differences in density
  5. 6. measure of the amount of salt in water
  6. 8. the geosphere, the biosphere, the atmosphere, and the hydrosphere (2 words)
  7. 9. the curving of the path of a moving object due to Earth's rotation (2 words)