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Across 4. The place where the land and the ocean meet. 7. The process when water is heated and changes from a liquid to a gas. The gas causes water vapor. 8. currents near the ocean bottom caused by differences in the water temperature 13. Part of a continent that extends under the ocean at the shore line 15. When water seeps into the soil because of the force of gravity 16. Water that moves in a certain direction. the river like flow of water in the oceans 17. The up and down movement of the ocean water caused by the wind.

Down 1. the term for the falling, condensed water molecules, which come down as rain, snow, sleet or hail. 2. The floor at the deep part of the ocean. It is covered with sediments of clay, silt, sand and rock carried into the ocean from the continents 3. A deep narrow valley in the ocean floor 5. The science that deals with the study and exploration of the ocean 6. The way that the Earth uses and recycles water. It's controlled by the sun, which produces energy in the form of heat. 9. Further from the shore. Where the ocean floor drops off sharply 10. Part of a long chain of mountains found in some parts of the ocean basin. 11. Is what the water vapor given off by plants is called 12. Currents at the top layer of the ocean caused by wind 14. The regular rise and fall of the water at the ocean shore.