Waves
Tides
Ocean Life
Under Water Features
Currents
100
The distance between waves
Wave Length
100
The pull of the moons gravity on the earths water causes... from the side closes to the moon and the side farthest from the moon.
bulges
100
What is plankton?
Tiny plants and animals that live in the sea.
100
Zooplankton
animals
100
What Drives Currents?
Wind
200
What is the top of the Wave Called?
The Crest
200
The daily rise and fall of the earths water on its coastlines are called...
waves
200
What is Benthos?
Plants and animals that live at the bottom of the ocean.
200
What is a large wave caused by an underwater earthquake called?
tsunami
200
What is the strong current that affects Florida's weather?
Gulf Stream
300
When you measure how big the wave is you are measuring the...
Wavelength
300
What is a breaker?
Near, the shore wave heights increases and wave length decreases. therefore a breaker is a large wave.
300
plankton: examples
diatoms and copepods
300
What is a trough?
The bottom of a wave
300
X-rays, radar, and microwaves are called what?
electromagnetic waves
400
How do wavelength and wave height change as a wave enters shallow water?
Near shore, wave height increases and wavelength decreases.
400
What is long shore drift and how does it affect the shoreline?
As waves come into the shore, water washes up the beach at an angle, carrying sand grains. The water and sand the run straight back down the beach.
400
What makes up more than 90 percent of ocean life.
Plankton
400
Why does an ocean buoy bob up and down as a wave passes by?
It bobs up and down because as the wave passes by the buoy lurches forward a little and then bobs backward.
400
Deeper currents below the surface are driven by differences in ____________.
density
500
Explain how both a wave's energy and the water in a wave form.
The energy of the wave moves towards the shore, but the water itself remains in place.
500
What is the Coriolis Effect?
The Coriolis Effect is the effect of the Earths rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
500
nekton: examples
dolphin, bat ray, jelly fish, shark, ocean sunfish, sardines, sturgeon
500
Size and energy of a wave.
Size depends on strength of wind and how long it blows.
500
What is one ocean current that affects California's weather?
California Current
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