Oceanography Test Version B

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