Across
- 3. regular patterns of moving water below the surface of ocean
- 9. changes liquid to gas
- 10. rotation of the Earth on its axis causes fluids to move more slowly than the solid Earth
- 15. What happens to water with higher temperature
- 18. happens when continents cause currents to change direction
- 19. huge circular currents
- 21. change from ice to liquid
- 22. / water moving on the surface of from higher to lower spots
- 25. process by which water leaves plants through leaves
- 26. makes up about 97% of Earth's water
Down
- 1. affected by the wind, continental deflections, and the Coriolis effect
- 2. change from liquid to ice
- 4. drives deep ocean currents
- 5. the amount of salt in water
- 6. rain, sleet, snow, and hail
- 7. stream-like movement of ocean water in a regular pattern
- 8. circulation of wind or water due to density differences
- 11. occurs when winds push surface water away from coastlines. Deep waters replace the water, bringing up nutrients from the ocean bottom.
- 12. cover about 70% of Earth's surface
- 13. an energy absorbing process by which solids become gas
- 14. / water that infiltrates to spaces below the surface
- 16. about 70% of it is frozen in ice
- 17. What happens to water with greater salinity
- 20. horizontal movement of water in a regular pattern at the ocean's surface
- 23. the main cause of surface currents
- 24. change from gas to liquid