Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate Vocab

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