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#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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