Module 4 Flashcards
The_______ moves sediment parallel to shore.
longshore current
The movement of a glacier through an area does all of the following EXCEPT:
leaves behind no sediment
The horizontal distance between two wave crests is ___________.
wavelength
When ice sheets on continents melt, sea level rises.
True
The following feature is a landform of coastal deposition.
barrier island
The Milankovich Cycle that is related to the varying distance of the Earth’s orbit from the sun is ________.
Eccentricity
Glacial valleys are ___________.
U shaped
Ocean water deeper than 1000m is the _______.
aphotic zone
____________ results when surface waters are blown away from a coastline and cold, nutrient-rich water rises to the surface.
Upwelling
What is the thermohaline conveyor?
the movement of density layers in the ocean
A rapid decline in the the temperature of ocean water as you descend is a(n)
thermocline
Melting of glaciers and/or rainwater at the surface of the ocean can decrease the salinity of the seawater. What happens to the density?
decreases
El Nino is characterized by ________________ waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
warmer
A Neap Tide has tides that are the highest of high tides and lowest of low tides.
False
The daily fluctuations of atmospheric conditions is weather, the fluctuation of these same variables over longer time intervals (like years) is climate.
True
