Oceanography Test Version A

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Across
  1. 2. The Coriolis Effect deflects moving objects in the southern hemisphere to the __________.
  2. 3. On average, 96.5% of seawater is ______________.
  3. 6. __________ gas is added to seawater by plants and the atmosphere.
  4. 9. The distance between two wave crests.
  5. 11. Large circular surface current found in all five major ocean basins.
  6. 12. This layer separates the warmer surface water from the colder deep water.
  7. 13. _____________ cooling decreases ocean temperature.
  8. 15. The Antarctic ________________ current flows around Antarctica.
  9. 18. This layer separates the less salty surface water from the saltier deep water.
  10. 20. The salt content of the ocean is called ___________.
  11. 21. The ___________ counter current flows from west to east.
  12. 22. ____________ rejection increases ocean salinity.
  13. 23. The average flow of water is at __________ degrees to the wind.
  14. 24. The cold water surface current flowing along the western coast of North America.
  15. 28. Moving objects are deflected by the __________ effect caused by the Earth’s rotation.
  16. 29. Total travel time of water in Oceanic Conveyor Belt is a ____________ years.
  17. 30. The average travel time around an ocean gyre is about ___________ years.
Down
  1. 1. ____________ brings colder, nutrient-rich water up to the surface.
  2. 4. __________ currents travel at 45 degree angles to the wind.
  3. 5. The cold ___________ current flows along the western coast of Africa.
  4. 7. The __________ forms by Greenland and Iceland.
  5. 8. Most of the dissolved salts in the ocean come from the ____________ of rocks.
  6. 10. The cold water surface current also called the Peru current.
  7. 12. ____________ circulation is also called the Oceanic Conveyor Belt.
  8. 14. The _________ spiral describes what direction water at different depths flows.
  9. 15. A relatively thin layer in which a property changes dramatically is a(n) _____________.
  10. 16. This layer separates the less dense surface water from the more dense deep water.
  11. 17. Both the salinity and the temperature of ocean water affect its _____________.
  12. 19. The time it takes two successive waves to pass a fixed point.
  13. 24. The most common element in ocean water besides hydrogen and oxygen.
  14. 25. The __________ forms by Antarctica.
  15. 26. The Coriolis Effect deflects moving objects in the northern hemisphere to the __________.
  16. 27. The area that wave-generating winds blow over.