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________ may form between a barrier island or stack and the shore when waves flow around the obstruction and deposit sediments there, creating a sandbar that connects it to the mainland.
Tombolo
When a wave is breaking it is called a _____
Breaker
Similar to an underwater mudslide or lahar is a ______ current
_______ currents are set in motion by winds
Surface
The change of current direction with depth is called ______ _____
Ekman spiral
_____ usually result from a collapse of a sea arch.
Stacks
The distance that wind blows over the water's surface in one direction is the ______ of the wave
Fetch
A __________ current are hard to detect and we don't know as much about them.
Subsurface
_____ tides occurs throughout every month and every season of the year.
Spring
_______ is the main ocean surface current that flows northeast.
Kuroshio
When trying to conserve land _____ are built
Groins
The ______ ______ is the deepest depth below the ocean's surface that is affected by the wave's passage.
Wave base
_________ is when sea level is higher than average as surface currents cause the ocean to pile up.
Downwelling
______ ______ occur twice each year.
Neap tide
A ________ _______ develops between two liquids with different densities.
Internal wave
_______ is the distance between the same point on two side-by-side wave forms, usually crests or troughs.
Wavelength
The movement of dense, cold, salty water from the abyssal regions to the surface is called ________
Upwelling
The gravity of the moon affects the oceans more than the sun does. This means that most tides are _______ _______
Lunar tides
When waters are not deep they are _____
Shallow
_______ currents usually flow through a gap in the breakers and the longshore bar under them.
Rip
_______ ______ is the vertical distance between the top or crest of the wave and its bottom, or trough.
Wave height
Ocean surface currents are affected by the rotation of the earth through the ________ effect.
Coriolis
When currents form great circling flows they are called _____
Gyres
The direction that a wave is going is called _____ ______
Wave direction