Across
- 4. each of the 4 divisions of one yearly cycle
- 7. the measurable amount of solar energy that depends on the angle it hits an object
- 10. the process where water changes from a gas to a liquid
- 12. the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water
- 16. Earth’s rotation causes currents of water to curve to the right in the northern hemisphere and curve to the left in the southern hemisphere
- 20. how closely packed the atoms of matter are
- 21. the energy of a substance that causes its matter particles to move
- 22. a circular pattern of water movement
- 23. the process where condensation of water vapor falls due to gravity
Down
- 1. winds that blow from a dominant directions over Earth’s surface
- 2. the transfer of molecules from a liquid to a gas phase
- 3. how energy is transferred to another object
- 5. a substance that has no fixed shape and will flow in a confined space
- 6. the amount of water vapor in the air
- 8. average weather
- 9. the measurable distance on Earth’s surface from the equator
- 11. the revolution of one body or object around another
- 13. the light energy radiated by the Sun
- 14. a circular pattern of movement in fluids created by differences in density
- 15. the angle between an object’s axis of rotation and the plane of its orbit
- 17. circulating ocean currents created by the Coriolis Effect
- 18. an imaginary pole objects like Earth spin around
- 19. the average measure of thermal energy of a substance or object