Ocean Currents Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur
  2. 4. Global air circulation patterns within the atmosphere that are held to Earth by gravity and warmed as heat radiates from Earth
  3. 6. A circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluid
  4. 8. A measure of how much of one substance is dissolved in another substance
  5. 9. A directional movement of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface. Deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences
  6. 11. Saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water
  7. 12. Prevailing weather patterns for a particular region over a period of time
Down
  1. 1. Relating to the whole world
  2. 3. The amount of matter in a given space or volume; the relationship between mass and volume
  3. 5. Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids
  4. 7. Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material, measured by a thermometer in degrees
  5. 10. The apparent deflection of moving air, as seen by an observer on Earth, is a result of Earth's rotation