Ocean Currents Crossword

Wind and _______________ between the ocean surface creates surface currents.
Surface currents are movements of water that flow ___________ from one place to another.
Huge circular moving current systems that dominate ocean waters.
A gyre moves in circular motions because of the __________ ________.
Surface currents move _____________ in the northern hemisphere.
A gyre moves counter-clockwise in the ____________ hemisphere.
The coriolis effect is the ____________ of currents away from their original course as a result of Earth's rotaion.
currents from low latitudes bring _______ water to the higher latitudes.
The ____________ is found at low latitudes.
Currents from high latitudes bring ________ water to lower latitudes.
Surface climates affect the ____________ by transferring heat around the Earth
The _______ _________ is a surface currents that warms up Europe.
A vertical, upward movment of deep, cold, nutrient-rich water to the surface.
Upwelling is cause by winds moving the water _______ from the coast.
Upwelling brings greater concentrations of dissolved ___________ to the surface.
More nutrients at the surface helps to produce more _________.
_____ ______ circulation are created when high density water sinks.
Density Currents are __________ currents that result from density differences.
________ water sinks
____________ currents are caused by low temperatures or high salinity.
At low ____________ sea ice forms causing an increase in density.
if ________ increases, more salt is in the water, causing water to sink.
Density currents begin closer to the ________, at high latitudes.
___________ increases salinity by removing water.
If density _________, the water sinks.
Evaporation causes the density currents in the ______________ _____ as the water passes through the straits of gibralter.
A simplistic model of ocean circulation is like a _________ _______ that travels around the globe.
The _______ current brings cool water from the poles toward Equador.
The density of water is ___________ as the temperature rises.
a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator