Physical Oceanography

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