Across
- 2. a climate pattern where water near the equator gets hotter than usual and affects the weather around the world
- 4. the distance of a place north and south of Earth's equator
- 9. related to the sun
- 10. imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
- 12. general weather patterns over a long time period
- 13. A measure of how hot or cold something is, the average speed
- 15. the study of weather patterns over a long period of time
- 16. the distance of a place east or Earth's prime meridian
- 18. the ability to make things move or change
- 20. a result or change that happens because of an event or process
- 21. winds that move in one direction and are strong enough to push ocean currents
- 22. the layer of gases surrounding the earth or another planet, that is held in place by gravity
Down
- 1. any of the earth's main continuous area of land such as Africa, Asia, and North America
- 3. an event or process that leads to a result or change
- 5. to move from one object to another or one place to another
- 6. a giant pattern of moving water spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle
- 7. To use any of the five senses to gather information about something.
- 8. the outside or top layer of something
- 11. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
- 14. a process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface of the
- 17. ocean water flowing in a continuous path
- 19. an idea about what might happen that is based on what you already know