Ocean Currents and the Water Cycle

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Across
  1. 2. causes air and water on earth to move in circular patterns (clockwise in the northern hemisphere)
  2. 4. a large system of rotating ocean currents
  3. 6. in an ___ well the water comes out of the well on its own
  4. 10. water with high ___ will sink below fresh water because it is more dense
  5. 12. Water that is warm will ___ in the ocean because it is less dense than surrounding water
  6. 13. nitrogen and ___ are major pollutants that cause eutrophication and dead zones in bodies of water
  7. 19. moves water around the planet on jet streams and other air currents
  8. 22. most ___ water is trapped in glaciers and ice caps and is not available for human use
  9. 25. movement of water into the ground from the surface of earth
  10. 26. current in fluids that occurs when hot fluid rises, cools, and then sinks due to changes in density
  11. 27. when precipitation reaches earth and flows over its surface
Down
  1. 1. water droplets from clouds that fall to the ground as rain, snow, or hail
  2. 3. continuous, predictable, directional movement of seawater driven by gravity, wind, and water density
  3. 5. the water cycle is driven by energy from the sun and ___
  4. 7. type of water pollution in which water becomes overly enriched with nutrients, leading to plentiful algae growth that quickly uses up all the nutrients and dies, the decaying plants use all the oxygen suffocating all the fish
  5. 8. global ocean ___ is a density driven ocean current that moves heat and salty water on a global scale
  6. 9. type of deep ocean current driven by differences in the water's density, which is controlled by temperature and salinity
  7. 11. porous rock and soil where groundwater is stored
  8. 14. sinking of the soil, and the man made structures constructed on the soil, because too much water is removed from an aquifer
  9. 15. type of soil and rock where water is able to flow through their pore spaces
  10. 16. a comparison of how much something weighs with how much space it takes up
  11. 17. hot spring that erupts periodically shooting water and steam into the air
  12. 18. evaporation of water from the leaves of plants
  13. 20. water vapor from transpiration and evaporation rises in the atmosphere and then cools and condenses creating a cloud
  14. 21. type of water pollution where the natural temperature of the water is changed affecting oxygen content
  15. 23. type of precipitation that leaches aluminum from soil where it then flows into bodies of water
  16. 24. part of the water cycle when liquid becomes a gas
  17. 26. caused when carbonic acid flows underground dissolving limestone