Across
- 6. time required for a wave to pass a given point
- 10. sand deposited as wave energy decreases, forms a low ridge
- 12. tide that is greatest during new and full moon
- 14. surge of water rushing upstream into a long bay or river mouth
- 17. bottom of a wave
- 18. winds in middle latitudes, blow from SW or NW
- 19. streamlike movement of ocean water below the surface
- 20. process by which ocean waves bend toward the coastline as they approach shallow water
- 21. water pulled back into deeper water by the force of gravity
- 22. slow, rocking motion of ocean water that occurs as the tidal bulges move around ocean basins
- 23. distance that wind blows across an area of the sea to generate waves
- 25. when a wave topples and a foamy mass washes onto shore
- 26. form when water from large breakers return to ocean through channels cut in underwater sandbars parallel to beach
- 27. top of a wave
- 28. difference in levels of ocean water at high and low tide
Down
- 1. periodic disturbance as energy is transmitted through a medium
- 2. tide that flows toward the coast
- 3. warm current that flows along eastern U.S.
- 4. calm, warm water in middle of Atlantic
- 5. an ocean wave created by an underwater earthquake
- 7. current that forms when waves approach the beach at an angle
- 8. tide that flows toward the ocean
- 9. movement of water in well-defined pattern like a river or stream
- 11. time between flood and ebb tide
- 13. huge circle of moving ocean water near each side of equator
- 14. periodic rise and fall of the water level in the oceans
- 15. curving path of a moving object due to earth's rotation
- 16. tide that is smallest during first and third quarter moon
- 18. when wind blows the crest off a wave
- 22. wind located just north/south of equator, blow from NE or SE
- 24. current caused by underwater landslide