Unit 5 Vocab

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Across
  1. 7. a ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral.
  2. 11. a rate of inclination; a slope
  3. 12. (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
  4. 14. long-term weather patterns associated with changing global winds and ocean temperatures in the Pacific Ocean (often resulting in cooler, wetter weather)
  5. 15. The flow of cooler air from over an ocean or lake toward land
  6. 16. An attraction between molecules of different substances
  7. 18. the amount of salt in water
  8. 19. Groundwater flow
  9. 20. caused by global winds pushing along the surface of the ocean
  10. 21. the volume of open spaces in rock or soil
  11. 24. a system of deep water currents that connects all of the world's ocean basins
Down
  1. 1. The evaporation of water from soil plus the transpiration of water from plants.
  2. 2. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
  3. 3. the level below which the ground is saturated with water.
  4. 4. The change of state from a gas to a liquid
  5. 5. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
  6. 6. convection currents occurring deep in the ocean
  7. 8. water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
  8. 9. An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water
  9. 10. a seasonal wind and weather system caused by uneven heating and cooling of continents and oceans
  10. 13. Water flowing off the land into bodies of surface water.
  11. 17. process of removing salt from salt water
  12. 21. Ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it
  13. 22. the flow of air from land to a body of water
  14. 23. Attraction between molecules of the same substance