Across
- 3. Current a current that occurs near the surface and is less dense than deep currents
- 6. the process of which material is loosened, dissolved, or worn away and transported to another place by wind, water, ice, or gravity
- 8. the highest point in a wave
- 9. Tide a tide that occurs every first and third quarter
- 10. the process in which the sun's energy heats up water and turns water in to a gas/water vapor
- 11. Plain a large,flat, almost level area in the deep ocean basin
- 13. Tide a tide that occurs every full and new moon
- 15. the constant change in sea level
- 16. Valley a long narrow valley that forms where tectonic plates separate
- 18. a subsurface current that is near shore and that pulls objects out to sea
- 20. the process in which a gas forms into a liquid
Down
- 1. the movement of deep, cold, and nutrient-rich water to the surface
- 2. the process of any form of water falling from the sky
- 4. the amount of dissolved salt in the ocean
- 5. Ridge the longest mountain chains
- 7. the process of evaporation in plants
- 12. the lowest point in a wave
- 14. the process when water falls from a surface because of the Earth's gravity
- 17. Water Cycle the non-stop movement of water moving from the atmosphere, the land, and the ocean
- 19. Current a current that occurs far below the surface and is very cold and salty