#1 | The movement of sand down a beach | What is longshore drift? |
#2 | A rush of water that flows out from the shore through a narrow opening | What is a rip current? |
#3 | Tide with the greatest difference between high and low tide | What is a spring tide? |
#4 | These are large streams of moving water that flow through the ocean | What are currents? |
#5 | This type of current is caused by differences in density | What is a deep water current? |
#1 | The movement of energy through water | What is a wave? |
#2 | Tide in which water reaches its lowest point on the beach each day | What is low tide? |
#3 | The total amount of dissolved salts in ocean water is called | What is salinity? |
#4 | The effect of the Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents is called | What is the Coriolis effect? |
#5 | The highest point of a wave | What is the crest? |
#1 | A long, low ridge of sand deposited offshore as waves go back out to sea | What is a sandbar? |
#2 | Tide with the least difference between high and low tide | What is neap tide? |
#3 | A vertical section of the ocean from the surface to the ocean floor is referred to as the | What is the water column? |
#4 | The pattern of temperature and precipitation typical of an area over long periods of time | What is climate? |
#5 | The lowest part of a wave | What is the trough? |
#1 | The number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time | What is frequency? |
#2 | Tide in which water reaches its highest point on the beach each day | What is high tide? |
#3 | The most abundant salt in seawater is | What is Sodium chloride? |
#4 | An abnormal climate event that occurs every 2 to 7 years in the Pacific Ocean | What is El Nino? |
#5 | The distance between the crest of waves | What is the wavelength? |
#1 | A wall of rocks or concrete built outward from a beach to prevent erosion | What is a groin? |
#2 | This is an underwater vehicle built of strong materials to resist pressure | What is a submersible? |
#3 | This prevents divers from going deeper than 40 meters below the surface | What is the pressure of the water? |
#4 | This type of current is caused by wind | What is a surface current? |
#5 | The distance from the crest to the trough | What is the wave height? |
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