Miscellaneous
The area in the ocean that does not receive any light
APHOTIC ZONE
What is the non-living parts of an environment called?
Abiotic
What is Caused by processes that abruptly move large volumes of ocean water
TSUNAMI
What is the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes starting point?
Epicenter
The area from the high tide mark to the dunes is called?
Supratidal zone
Tsunami Warning Centers are located in these TWO states.
Hawaii and Alaska
Largest life zone in the ocean
PELAGIC ZONE
What waves stretch rock sideways and cannot travel through liquids?
S WAVES
This includes the surf zone where there is wave turbulence
Subtidal zone
What is the measurement of height of water onshore observed above a reference sea level
RUN-UP
A region that contains organisms that interact with one another and their environment
Life Zone
This zone represents a long line of seaweed and debris deposited on the beach at high tide
INTERTIDAL ZONE
What scale is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake?
Mercalli Intensity Scale
What happens to wavelength when tsunami gets near shore?
It gets SHORTER (SMALLER)
Loss of energy in a wave is inversely proportional to what?
WAVELENGTH
What are the fastest seismic waves that can travel through solids, liquids, and gases called?
P WAVES
This zone is entirely in the photoic zone so that phytoplankton and marine plants can carry out photosynthesis
NERITIC Zone
The process that pushed one layer of earth underneath another is called?
SUBDUCTION
The symbol λ represents what?
WAVELENGTH