Chapter 15-Oceans Flashcards
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Salinity
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Measure of the amount of salts dissolved in seawater
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Wave
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Rhythmic movement; generated by wind moving over the surface of water
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Crest
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Highest point of a wave
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Trough
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Lowest point of a wave
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Fetch
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The expanse of water that the wind blows across
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Breakers
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Collapsing wave; forms when a wave reaches shallow water and is slowed by friction from the ocean bottom
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Tides
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Periodic rise and fall of sea level; caused by the gravitational attraction among the earth, moon, and sun
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Beach
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Sloping band of loose sediments, such as sand, pebbles, or mud, deposited along a shoreline
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Estuary
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Coastal area of brackish water; formed where the lower end of a freshwater river or stream enters the ocean
