Ocean & Weather Vocab
Across
- 2. distance in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian
- 6. distance in degrees north or south of the equator
- 7. average weather over many years
- 9. the mixture of gases surrounding a planet
- 12. a large system of rotating ocean currents
- 15. liquid changing into a gas
- 17. gas changing into a liquid
- 18. a strong warm ocean current that flows in the Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico to northwestern Europe
Down
- 1. a process in which deep cold water rises toward the survace
- 3. current ocean water flowing in a continuous path
- 4. the movement of air in a certain direction
- 5. current condition of atmosphere
- 8. the ability to make things move or change
- 10. rain, sleet, hail or snow
- 11. line that divides the Earth into hemispheres
- 13. a measure of how hot or cold something is
- 14. the lowest layer of the atmosphere
- 16. related to the sun