Across
- 3. the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature per unit mass
- 6. a large system of rotating ocean currents
- 8. transfer of energy through a substance
- 9. these currents result from differences in water density
- 10. region of earth where life exists
- 11. energy responsible for the systems temperature
- 13. the degree of hotness or coldness
- 15. the relationship between mass of a substance ad how much space it takes up (volume)
- 17. total amount of water on a planet
- 18. a material capable of transmitting energy
- 22. currents located in the upper ocean caused mainly by wind
- 23. move from one place to another
- 24. when surface currents meet continents and the currents deflect or change direction
- 25. different regions on earth receive different amounts of energy from sun
- 26. area in a fluid warm material is rising (center) and cold material is sinking (edges)
Down
- 1. the solid earth
- 2. a natural movement of air
- 4. mixture of gases around the earth
- 5. travels in waves from very long (radio) to short (gamma)
- 7. does not allow heat to pass through
- 12. gravity acts on the air and exerts a force on earth
- 14. energy released in the form of electromagnetic waves
- 16. movement of water from one location to another
- 19. circulating air is deflected toward right in Northern hemisphere and left in southern hemisphere
- 20. motion in a gas or liquid where warmer portions rise and colder sink
- 21. the quality of being hot