Across
- 1. Is long-term. Like "humid summers" or "mild winters"
- 7. An important current that warms Europe (2 words)
- 8. It causes monsoons and is an area of little wind and high humidity (abbreviation).
- 10. Last name of the other marine science teacher at BTHS
- 12. Last name of a famous high school principal.
- 13. A very large circular surface current.
- 16. The atmospheric cell nearest Antarctica
- 18. Is short-term. Like "raining" or "sunny."
- 20. When the Southern Pacific gets out of whack. Occurs every 3-8 years. (2 words)
- 23. The atmospheric cell that causes prevailing westerlies. Or, a famous comedian.
- 24. A mass flow of water
- 25. Last name of a famous naturalist who has a school named after him.
- 27. Earth has traditionally been in thermal ___________, but is trending warmer over the past 50 years.
- 28. The Coriolis Effect is caused by Earth's _______________
- 29. The variable in an experiment that is measured... the result
Down
- 2. These currents are caused by differences in water density and circulate through the entire ocean.
- 3. These currents remain at the top of the ocean and are caused by wind.
- 4. Solar radiation near the equator strikes __________ to the surface, while radiation strikes at more of an angle at higher latitudes.
- 5. Heat _______________ changes with latitude and is the amount of heat coming in versus the amount of heat escaping.
- 6. Seasons are caused by Earth's tilt on its ___________.
- 9. The __________ effect deflects moving things to the right in the Northern Hemisphere
- 11. The name of the dog on "The Simpsons" is Santa's Little _________
- 14. The warming phase (2 words)
- 15. The number of continents on Earth.
- 17. Garfield is a famous ______.
- 19. Unzipping of the ocean that allows nutrients to rise from below: ________________ upwelling
- 21. The variable in an experiment that is intentionally manipulated.
- 22. The cooling phase (2 words)
- 26. The atmospheric cell nearest the equator
- 30. Snoopy and Marmaduke are famous ________________.