Waves, Tides, Currents & Hurricanes

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Across
  1. 4. the top of a wave
  2. 7. two high tides of the same height and two low tides of the same height
  3. 10. the distance from the crest to trough
  4. 11. a tide where the moon, sun and earth are at a right angle
  5. 14. the direction hurricanes move in the northern hemisphere
Down
  1. 1. measurement of crest to crest or trough to trough
  2. 2. the direction currents move in the northern hemisphere
  3. 3. the bottom of a wave
  4. 5. currents that move EAST TO WEST and can be found between 30o N & S around the Equator
  5. 6. when the water level is the highest of the day
  6. 8. one high tide and one low tide per day
  7. 9. things moving on earth curve due to the earth's rotation
  8. 12. a type of tide where the moon, earth and sun are in a straight line
  9. 13. gravitational pull causes tides
  10. 15. what is most responsible for creating waves