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11 Cards in this Set
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Wave
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is the seeing the last step in the development of a wave
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intertidal zone
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begins at the highest high-tide line on land
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neritic zone
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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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beyond the edge of continental shelf
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Plankton
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tiny algae and animals that float in the water and are carried by waves and currents
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Nekton
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are free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
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Benthos
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are organisms that inhabit the ocean floor
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food web
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all the feeding relationships that exist in a habitat
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groin
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one way to reduce beach erosion is to build a wall of rocks or concert
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rip current
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a rush of water that flows rapidly back to sea through a narrow opening
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longshore drift
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this movement of sand along the beach
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