Match the term to the definition.

Question 1 options:

As the amount of salt in water increases, the density of the water _________.


The amount of dissolved salt in a liquid.


The type of energy possessed by moving water.


Water circulation created by prevailing wind systems. The Gulf Stream is an example.


The cyclical process of the changing state and movement of water around the Earth through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.


The distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of another.


This is what moves forward and through a wave.


Water circulation created by differences in density.


The rising of ocean water bringing nutrients up from the deep.


The length of open sea over which wind can blow steadily to create waves 1.
The water cycle

2.
vapor transport

3.
salinity

4.
increases

5.
decreases

6.
surface currents

7.
Coriolis Effect

8.
deepwater currents

9.
trough

10.
wave period

11.
wavelength

12.
water molecules

13.
energy

14.
crest

15.
fetch

16.
electrical

17.
kinetic

18.
downwelling