Plate motion vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world
  2. 4. the distance of a place north and south of Earth's equator
  3. 9. related to the sun
  4. 10. imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
  5. 12. general weather patterns over a long time period
  6. 13. A measure of how hot or cold something is, the average speed
  7. 15. the study of weather patterns over a long period of time
  8. 16. the distance of a place east or Earth's prime meridian
  9. 18. the ability to make things move or change
  10. 20. a result or change that happens because of an event or process
  11. 21. winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents
  12. 22. the layer of gases surrounding the earth or another planet, that is held in place by gravity
Down
  1. 1. any of the earth's main continuous area of land such as Africa, Asia, and North America
  2. 3. an event or process that leads to a result or change
  3. 5. to move from one object to another or one place to another
  4. 6. a giant pattern of moving water spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle
  5. 7. To use any of the five senses to gather information about something.
  6. 8. the outside or top layer of something
  7. 11. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  8. 14. a process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface of the
  9. 17. ocean water flowing in a continuous path
  10. 19. an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know