marine science chapter 5

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Across
  1. 3. that block transmission of heat back to space and insulate Earth/ greenhouse gas
  2. 4. ocean currents that move parallel to the Equator/ equatorial current
  3. 6. winds that blow from west to east at middle latitudes/ westerlies
  4. 7. winds that blow from east to west toward the Equator, replacing the hot air that rises at the Equator/ trade winds
  5. 9. spiral change in the movement of water in the water column when the water is pushed by wind/ ekman layer
Down
  1. 1. in the northern Indian Ocean that blow from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter/ monsoons
  2. 2. winds that blow at high latitudes/polar easterlies
  3. 5. (O3) in the atmosphere that deflects ultraviolet radiation, which is harmful to life/ ozone layer
  4. 6. process by which colder water rich in nutrients rises from a lower to a higher depth/ upwelling
  5. 8. division between the troposphere and the stratosphere 12–20 km above Earth’s surface/ tropopause