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lower-than-usual tides
What are neap tides
100
cold water rising to the surface... great for fisheries
What is an upwelling
100
the deepest depth below the ocean's surface that is affected by the wave's passage
What is wave base
100
the horizontal distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of another
What is wavelength
100
wave speed is most directly related to this
What is wave period
200
the alternating rise and fall of local sea level
What are tides
200
In a typical 24 hour period, there are ________ tides
What is two high and two low
200
the lowest part of a wave
What is a trough
200
the distance that wind blows over the waters surface in one direction
What is fetch
200
a mass of rock that has been cut off from the mainland by erosion
What is a stack
300
in the center of an ocean gyre, the sea level is ___________ than outside the gyre
What is higher
300
an unstable wave whose crest is falling forward
What is a breaker
300
subsurface and density would describe these type of currents
What is thermohaline
300
a type of density current that carries a lot of sediment and behaves like an underwater mudslide
What is a turbidity current
300
a circular flow of currents within an ocean basin
What is a gyre
400
a wave deposit that connects an island or a stack with the mainland
What is a tombolo
400
the major current in the West Atlantic Ocean
What is the Gulf Stream
400
a spit with a sharp bend
What is a hook
400
strong, narrow surface current that carries water from the shore to the sea
What is a rip current
400
combines the effects of the Coriolis effect, current speed, and water depth to produce the direction of a current
What is the Edman Spiral
500
The single current that is south of Africa and South America
What is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
500
a current the comes from waves breaking at an angle to the shore
What is a longshore current
500
these are affected by the rotation of the earth
What are currents
500
Once a month there is an alignment of the sun, moon, and earth which causes this
What is very high tides
500
cold ocean currents along a coast can dry the air so much that this forms
What is a desert
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