Understanding Oceans by Achilles and Zack pt2
Across
- 3. Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer
- 6. degree of acidity or alkalinity
- 9. the Earth's water ______ is the total amount of water contained in or on the planet.
- 11. the process in which vapor changes to liquid/solid to form a cloud
- 13. What structure was moved 400m inland due to climate conditions?
- 15. produces 02 through photosynthesis
- 17. ocean water is more stable than freshwater because it has chemicals that act as a ______ (lessens tendency to become acid or basic)
- 19. is 0° latitude, cuts the world into northern and southern hemisphere
- 20. oxygen levels are measured in parts per _______ (ppm)
- 22. what is the universal solvent?
- 23. the Prime Meridian run through which city in England?
- 26. another name for the westward wind is the _____ winds
Down
- 1. a smaller part of an ocean formed when two continents are close together
- 2. longitude lines are called _________.
- 4. kind of vents that release minerals from deposits under the ocean floor
- 5. the sea _____ is the point at which an ocean surface touches shoreline; determined by amount of water in oceans
- 7. used to quantitatively measure salt content in ocean water
- 8. just before sea water freezes it is most what?
- 10. layer of water between 100-200m has a rapid increase in ________?
- 12. El _____ is a weather phenomenon that causes a gentle warming of the water by a few degrees
- 14. layer of water (between 100-200m) that has a rapid increase in salinity
- 16. kind of test that indicates the presence or absence of some substance
- 18. measures distance north and south of the Equator
- 21. What is a pattern in flowing water?
- 24. the water _____ is the continuous movement of water
- 25. the largest ocean