Earth Science- Ocean Water
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- Q1a low, elongated ridge of sand that parallels the coastbarrier islands30s
- Q2the accumulation of sediment found along the shore of a lake or oceanbeach30s
- Q3the apparent deflective force of Earth's rotation on all free-moving objects including the atmosphere and oceanscoriolis effect30s
- Q4current of ocean water that results from density differences among water massesdensity current30s
- Q5the distance that wind has traveled across open waterfetch30s
- Q6the large circular surface current pattern found in each oceangyre30s
- Q7a near-shore current that flows parallel to the shorelongshore current30s
- Q8lowest tidal rangeneap tide30s
- Q9mass of ocean water that flows from one place to anotherocean current30s
- Q10highest tidal range that occurs due to the alignment of Earth, the moon and the sunspring tide30s
- Q11movement of water that flows horizontally in the upper part of the ocean's surfacesurface current30s
- Q12the difference in height between successive high and low tidestidal range30s
- Q13daily change in the elvation of the ocean surfacetide30s
- Q14the rising of cold water from deeper layers to replace warmer surface water that has been moved awayupwelling30s
- Q15the vertical distance between the trough and crest of a wavewave height30s