Unit 2 Oceanography Lab

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Across
  1. 5. the lowest point of a wave
  2. 8. the replacement of warm surface water with cold, nutrient rich water from the deep ocean
  3. 9. streamlike movements of water
  4. 10. begins at the end of the continental margin and extends under the deepest parts of the ocean
  5. 13. a series of waves that form when a large volume of ocean water is suddenly moved up or down
  6. 15. any disturbance that transfers energy through matter
  7. 16. the second temperature layer by depth in the ocean
  8. 17. a long, undersea mountain chain that forms along the ocean floor
Down
  1. 1. movements of ocean water far below the surface
  2. 2. the edge of the continent that is covered by the ocean
  3. 3. a movement of water that results from density differences
  4. 4. ocean current that occurs at or near the surface of the ocean
  5. 6. carry energy through matter
  6. 7. the highest point of a wave
  7. 11. a long narrow depression in the deep ocean basin
  8. 12. the distance between two crests or two troughs
  9. 14. the amount and type of dissolved salts