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11 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 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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one way to reduce beach erosion is to build a wall of rocks or concrete
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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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it lies beyond the edge of the continental shelf.
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plankton
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tiny algae and animals that slot 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 freezing relationships that exist in a habitat make up a food web
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