Physical Oceanography

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