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10 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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Longshore Drift
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The movement of sand along the beach.
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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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Groin
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A wall of rocks or concrete.
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Intertidal Zone
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Begins at the highest high-tide 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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Plankton
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Tiny Algae and animals that in the water and are carried by waves and currents.
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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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Food Web
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All the feeding relationships that exist in a habit to make a food web.
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