Marine Biology

1. The perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
5. An effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation.
8. The net motion of fluid as the result of a balance between Coriolis and turbulent drag forces.
11. A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain, or from the northeast between October and April.
12. The layer of the earth's atmosphere above the troposphere.
14. A form of oxygen that is more reactive than the oxygen found near the surface.
16. A wind blowing steadily towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere or the southeast in the southern hemisphere, especially at sea.
18. A spiral or vortex.
19. The region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases to have the properties of a continuous medium.
21. The interface between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
22. A self-contained convective zone in a fluid in which upward motion of warmer fluid in the center is balanced by downward motion of cooler fluid at the periphery.
23. The rising of water along the equator from about 200 m to the surface.

2. Each of two or more forms of the same element that contain equal numbers of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei, and hence differ in relative atomic mass but not in chemical properties.
3. The dry, cold prevailing winds that blow around the high-pressure areas of the polar highs at the North and South Poles.
4. A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation.
6. A consequence of the Coriolis effect.
7. An ocean current flowing westward near the equator, predominantly controlled by the winds.
9. A substance enclosed under pressure and able to be released as a fine spray.
10. The interface between the stratosphere and the ionosphere.
13. The layer in a fluid where there is a force balance between pressure gradient force, Coriolis force and turbulent drag.
15. The region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere.
17. A wind blowing from the west.
19. The layer closest to the surface.
20. A rising of seawater, magma, or other liquid.