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Miscellaneous
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The bigger the wave, the bigger the size of the
What is the orbit
100
Shallow water waves everywhere in the ocean
What are tides
100
Erosion is the
What is net removal of coastal material and is most prominent on high energy beaches
100
Primary producers are known as ______ and consumers are known as __________
What autotrophs and hetrotrophs
100
What are the bodies of water om Long Island
Great South Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Long Island Sound
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Energy is moving at the speed of
What is an Ocean wave
200
As distance increases, gravitational force
Greatly Decreases
200
As sea level rises,
Coasts will change
200
Levels of the food web are called
What are tropic levels
200
Gulf Stream is an example
A Western boundary current
300
________ are waves with wavelengths smaller than 1.73cm
What are Capillary Waves
300
Destructive interference results when the
Earth, Moon and Sun form a right angle
300
Coasts are
What are junctions between land and sea, and are temporary
300
Marine biology is the study of
marine organisms
300
What is the sea floor spreading rate per year ?
2-12 cm per year
400
The disturbing force for a tsunami is usually a __________ or _________
What are techtonic activities and landslides
400
The largest tidal range in the world is found
Canada (Nova Scotia)’s Bay of Fundy
400
In order to escape a rip current, you must
swim parallel to shore since rip currents occur only in a narrow patch of shore
400
Energy can never be created or destroyed, only
Transferred or Transformed
400
The Marianas Trench is ______ meters
11,000
500
What is the wavelenth of most tsunamis
What is 125 miles
500
A semi-diurnal tide is
when 2 high tides and 2 low tides occur each lunar day (over a 24 hour and 50 minute period)
500
What is a beach defined as and what are the parts not included in a beach
1)a zone of loose particles that covers part of the shore 2) (dunes, vegetation, cliffs)
500
Marine ecology is the study of (Full Deffinition)
how marine organisms interact with one another and their environment
500
What is my last name ?
Quinones