Menu Print Name _______________________________________________ Date ________________ Class______________ CHAPTER 14 SCIENCE PUZZLERS, TWISTERS & TEASERS The Movement of Ocean Water Crossed-Up Words 1. The answer to each of the definitions is already in the right place in this crossword puzzle. Unfortunately, the order of the letters is scrambled. Unscramble the words and write the correct term in the space provided. 1 L 2 I E T S 3 4 T F F I C L N O E R E O C T I S C 5 S R I A F I Y G P N W G I L E L U O U G 6 O U 7 N M 8 N T H R 9 T N S M I R S I K D N O W R Copyright В© by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. K A U U ACROSS A 3. worldwide current turner A F 5. brings nutrients to the surface 8. as low as you can go on a wave C N E 9. shake, rattle, and drown T 4. keeps the coast вЂњcoolвЂќ DOWN 1. saltiness 6. saved Thor the price of a flight 2. this is why Iceland isnвЂ™t 7. a cause of surface currents SCIENCE PUZZLERS, TWISTERS & TEASERS 27 Menu Print Name _______________________________________________ Date ________________ Class______________ The Movement of Ocean Water, continued Daffy Definitions 2. The definitions below describe some words and concepts from the chapter. Some are trick definitions, while others come from a scientific dictionary. Place the correct word being defind in the blanks to the right. a. unexciting ebb and flood b. superficial maritime flow c. a disturbance in a medium that propagates from one point in a medium to other points without giving the medium as a whole any permanent displacement d. brackishness quotient e. maximum positive displacement of a periodic surfacial disturbance f. abyssal maritime circulation Fractured Frames 3. Each frame represents a word or concept from the chapter if you read it in just the right way. What word or phrase does each puzzle represent? g n i l l e w surfвЂ™s tide a. c. tide b. 28 HOLT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Copyright В© by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. g. a subsurface seaward movement carried up a sloping beach by waves or breakers that is caused by the gravity flow of water Print Copyright В© by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. 3. Abrasion is the grinding of rocks to wear down exposed surfaces. (The alphabet is transposed by three letters.) 4. a. ice wedging b. gravity c. animals d. lichens e. oxygen & iron Chapter 11 The Flow of Fresh Water, p. 21 1.a. water table b. runoff c. channel d. delta e. permeable f. drainage basin g. precipitation h. evaporation i. groundwater j. alluvial fan k. deposition l. aquifer m. tributaries n. condensation o. sinkhole p. artesian q. erosion r. porosity 2. You need water to live. 3. a. porosity b. artesian spring Chapter 12 Agents of Erosion and Deposition, p. 23 1. a. sea stacks b. headland c. barrier spit d. sandbar 2. a. loess b. saltation c. abrasion d. deflation 3. a. F b. F c. F d. T The wave will be 10 m tall. 4. iceberg Chapter 13 Exploring the Oceans, p. 25 1. a. oceanic zone (anglerfish) b. intertidal or hadal zone (clam) c. bathyal zone (octopus) d. neritic zone (dolphin) e. abyssal zone (tube worms) 2. a. trenches b. water vapor c. nodules 3. a. benthos b. benthic c. nekton d. plankton e. rift f. pelagic g. seamount Chapter 14 The Movement of Ocean Water, p. 27 1. 3 across: Coriolis effect 5 across: upwelling 8 across: trough 9 across: tsunami 1 down: salinity 2 down: gulf stream 4 down: California current 6 down: kontiki 7 down: winds 2. a. tidal bore b. surface current c. wave d. salinity e. wave crest f. deep current g. undertow 3. a. surfвЂ™s up b. high and low tides c. upwelling ANSWER KEY Menu Chapter 15 The Atmosphere, p. 29 1. a. global warming b. conduction c. greenhouse effect d. convection e. radiation SCIENCE PUZZLERS, TWISTERS & TEASERS 47