U2 Study Tool

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Across
  1. 2. influx of fresh water from rivers or rain lowers salinity
  2. 6. more salt than water
  3. 7. heat absorbed or released during changes in states of matter
  4. 11. the difference in height between high and low tide
  5. 13. keeps ocean from becoming too acidic or too basic
  6. 14. the smallest of the wind-driven waves
  7. 17. total amount of dissolved solids in water
  8. 18. 1 high tide and 1 low tides per day
  9. 19. change of density with depth
  10. 20. periodic rising and lowering of sea level
Down
  1. 1. 2 high tide and 2 low tides per day (are roughly equal in height)
  2. 3. highest level a tide rises in a day
  3. 4. 2 high tide and 2 low tide per day (are different in height)
  4. 5. wave speed
  5. 8. measure of the degree water loses its transparency due to presence of suspended particles
  6. 9. change in salinity with depth
  7. 10. lower high tides and higher low tides
  8. 12. particles of water transported toward the shore and down the beach in the direction of the waves
  9. 15. highest high tides and lowest low tides
  10. 16. lowest level the tide drops to in a day