Oceanography Test Version A

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Across
  1. 3. The time it takes two successive waves to pass a fixed point.
  2. 7. The __________ forms by Antarctica.
  3. 8. The distance between two wave crests.
  4. 10. ____________ brings colder, nutrient-rich water up to the surface.
  5. 13. Both the salinity and the temperature of ocean water affect its _____________.
  6. 14. Total travel time of water in Oceanic Conveyor Belt is a ____________ years.
  7. 15. ____________ circulation is also called the Oceanic Conveyor Belt.
  8. 16. The cold ___________ current flows along the western coast of Africa.
  9. 18. On average, 96.5% of seawater is ______________.
  10. 20. The Antarctic ________________ current flows around Antarctica.
  11. 23. The most common element in ocean water besides hydrogen and oxygen.
  12. 26. This layer separates the less salty surface water from the saltier deep water.
  13. 28. Moving objects are deflected by the __________ effect caused by the Earth’s rotation.
  14. 30. The average flow of water is at __________ degrees to the wind.
  15. 31. The Coriolis Effect deflects moving objects in the southern hemisphere to the __________.
Down
  1. 1. The __________ forms by Greenland and Iceland.
  2. 2. The Coriolis Effect deflects moving objects in the northern hemisphere to the __________.
  3. 4. _____________ cooling decreases ocean temperature.
  4. 5. Large circular surface current found in all five major ocean basins.
  5. 6. __________ currents travel at 45 degree angles to the wind.
  6. 9. The ___________ counter current flows from west to east.
  7. 11. Most of the dissolved salts in the ocean come from the ____________ of rocks.
  8. 12. The area that wave-generating winds blow over.
  9. 15. This layer separates the warmer surface water from the colder deep water.
  10. 17. ____________ rejection increases ocean salinity.
  11. 19. The cold water surface current also called the Peru current.
  12. 21. The cold water surface current flowing along the western coast of North America.
  13. 22. This layer separates the less dense surface water from the more dense deep water.
  14. 24. The salt content of the ocean is called ___________.
  15. 25. A relatively thin layer in which a property changes dramatically is a(n) _____________.
  16. 27. The _________ spiral describes what direction water at different depths flows.
  17. 29. __________ gas is added to seawater by plants and the atmosphere.
  18. 32. The average travel time around an ocean gyre is about ___________ years.