Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate Vocab
Across
- 3. a person that studies climate
- 4. winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to move ocean currents
- 8. climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
- 9. distance of a place east or west of the prime meridian
- 12. imaginary line that represents 0 degrees latitude (middle of earth)
- 13. how high something is compared to the ground or sea level
- 14. ocean water flowing in a continuous path
- 15. result or change because of an event or process
- 17. the ability to make things change or move
Down
- 1. a measure of how hot or cold something is
- 2. mixture of gases (air) that surrounds a planet
- 5. to move from one object to another or one place to another
- 6. event or process that leads to a result or change
- 7. general weather patterns over a long period of time
- 10. distance of a place north or south of the equator
- 11. top layer of Earth (land or water)
- 16. giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle