Survey of the Seas (6.1 and 6.2 Vocab)

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Across
  1. 3. The amount of dissolved solids in seawater is its _______________.
  2. 6. This strong current forms as a wave retreats through a gap in a sandbar.
  3. 8. the length of time between one crest and the next
  4. 9. giant wave, usually caused by an undersea earthquake
  5. 11. A huge chunk of floating glacial ice
  6. 12. circular path in which surface currents move
  7. 14. mass of foaming water that forms when a breaker washes onto the beach
  8. 15. wave with a white foamy top due to strong winds
  9. 18. The underwater boundary where cold, deep water meets sun-warmed surface water is the ______________.
  10. 21. The study of Earth's oceans
  11. 22. This type of tide is higher than normal at high tide and lower than normal at low tide.
  12. 23. The outermost edge of a glacier floating on the ocean
  13. 24. Ice formed when seawater freezes
Down
  1. 1. Upward-flowing current formed when a prevailing land breeze causes surface water to move away from the coast
  2. 2. The metric unit scientists usually use to measure ocean water pressure is the ________________.
  3. 3. Percent of the earth's surface covered with water
  4. 4. Water's natural color
  5. 5. gentle, rolling wave that may appear even during calm weather
  6. 7. These movements of ocean water are caused primarily by the moon.
  7. 10. water receding after a breaker in a gentle current that flows as a thin sheet along the sea floor
  8. 13. the highest point of a wave
  9. 16. Two main factors that affect seawater's density are the amount of dissolved solids and the ________________ of the water.
  10. 17. the depression in the water between crests
  11. 19. weaker-than-normal tides during the first- and third-quarter moon
  12. 20. wave with a white crest due to shallow water
  13. 22. This type of current flows horizontally along the surface of the ocean.