Across
- 2. The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur
- 4. Global air circulation patterns within the atmosphere that are held to Earth by gravity and warmed as heat radiates from Earth
- 6. A circular movement of fluids caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluid
- 8. A measure of how much of one substance is dissolved in another substance
- 9. A directional movement of ocean water; surface currents result from steady winds over the ocean surface. Deep currents result from density variations due to temperature and salinity differences
- 11. Saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water
- 12. Prevailing weather patterns for a particular region over a period of time
Down
- 1. Relating to the whole world
- 3. The amount of matter in a given space or volume; the relationship between mass and volume
- 5. Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids
- 7. Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material, measured by a thermometer in degrees
- 10. The apparent deflection of moving air, as seen by an observer on Earth, is a result of Earth's rotation