Cold and Warm Global Currents

4. Relating to the cold regions near the North Pole or South Pole.
5. When air holds as much water vapor as it can.
10. When deep, cold, nutrient-rich ocean water rises to the ocean surface.
11. A steady flow of water in the ocean.
14. The process where liquid water changes into water vapor and enters the air.
16. The movement of heat when warm air or water rises and cool air or water sinks.
17. The amount of salt dissolved in water.
19. The natural home or environment where a plant or animal lives.
20. shadow A dry area on the leeward side of a mountain where little rain falls.
21. The land along the edge of an ocean or sea.
23. conveyer belt The worldwide system of ocean currents that moves warm and cold water around Earth.
24. The long-term pattern of weather in a place.

1. Relating to the region around the equator.
2. A measure of how hot or cold something is.
3. The short-term conditions of the atmosphere such as temperature, rain, and wind.
6. The force of air pressing down on Earth’s surface.
7. Air moving from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
8. nino A climate pattern where warm water spreads across the eastern Pacific Ocean.
9. To move continuously in a system, such as air or water moving around Earth.
12. The process where water vapor cools and turns into liquid water droplets.
13. effect The apparent bending of moving air or water caused by Earth’s rotation.
15. Water that falls from clouds such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
18. How tightly packed matter is; colder water or air is usually more dense and sinks.
22. nina A climate pattern where cooler than normal water appears in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
23. A large circular ocean current that moves water around a basin.