Physical Oceanography

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Across
  1. 3. most solar energy reaching Earth is ___________ light
  2. 6. reducing the __________ will increase density
  3. 7. water is very good at ___________ light
  4. 10. the pycnocline and thermocline act as ___________ to mixing
  5. 11. zone of minimum speed
  6. 14. form of energy transmitted through pressure waves
  7. 15. pressure due to the weight of water pressing down on an object due to gravity
Down
  1. 1. amount of mass per unit volume
  2. 2. area with rapid decline in temperature with little increase in depth
  3. 4. salt in seawater __________ surface water density
  4. 5. depends on the wavelengths of light
  5. 8. volume of a gas is inversely related to pressure
  6. 9. sound travels _________ near the surface
  7. 12. increase in pressure results in more dissolved gas
  8. 13. region of rapidly increasing density with increasing depth