Across
- 2. Local source which may have contributed to water on Earth.
- 3. % of freshwater located on Earth including ice and water within rivers and lakes.
- 5. Instrument used to record wave motion and current speeds.
- 7. What is denser, warm or cold water?
- 8. What water has a freezing point of zero degrees?
- 13. The measure of dissolved salts in water.
- 16. Factor which causes ocean water layering?
- 17. Transitional layer between warmer water at the surface and cooler deep water below.
- 19. Manned or remotely operated vessel used by oceanographers.
- 20. What instrument is used to measure the depth of the ocean floor?
Down
- 1. What instrument is useful to track hurricanes from above the storm?
- 4. Areas of lowest salinity where rivers empty into oceans.
- 6. Scientific study of all aspects of Earth's oceans.
- 9. Remote sources that contributed to the water on Earth.
- 10. Largest ocean on Earth.
- 11. What happens to the sea level during warm periods when ice melts?
- 12. Can penetrate the upper 100 meters of seawater.
- 14. Cover 71% of Earth's surface.
- 15. What happens to ocean water temperature when the depth increases?
- 18. In the word SONAR, what does the S stand for?