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14 Cards in this Set
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Wave
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The movement of energy through a body of water.
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Wavelength
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The horizantal distance between crests.
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Frequency
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The number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time.
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Wave height
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The vertical distance from the crest to the trough.
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Longshore drift
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The movement of water and sediment down a beach caused by waves coming into shore at an angle.
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Rip current
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A strong, narrow current that flows briefly from the shore back toward the ocean through a narrow opening.
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Groin
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A wall made by concrete or rocks that is built outward from a beach to reduce erosion.
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Plankton
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Tiny algae and animals that float in the water and are carried by waves.
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Nekton
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Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column.
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Benthos
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Organisms that inhabit the ocean floor.
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Intertidal zone
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It Begins at the highest high-tide line on land.
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Neritic zone
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It extends from the low-tide line out to the edge of the continental shelf.
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Open-ocean zone
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It is beyond the edge of the continental shelf.
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Food web
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All the feeding relationships That exist in a habitat.
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