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35 Cards in this Set
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tides
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the rising and falling of the water level in an ocean caused by the Sun and the Moon and the rotation of Earth
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convection current
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current caused by temperature differences
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tidal range
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the difference between the water levels at high tide and low tide
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tidal bulge
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the rise of water level on an ocean in response to gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon and rotation of Earth
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specific heat capacity
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a measure of a substances capacity to keep its heat
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tsunami
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a large, often devastating wave caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or giant underwater landslides
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canyons
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a deep, steep-sided valley; usually formed by rivers that cut through surrounding rock
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moraines
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a large ridge of gravel, sand and boulders that was pushed aside by a glacier and dragged to the end of a glacier
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sea breeze
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wind blowing from sea; caused when heated air over land rises and air moves from over ocean
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opposite of land breeze
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gyres
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a large, consistent, circular pattern of ocean currents
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weather
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daily atmospheric conditions, like temperature, precipitation and humidity
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land breeze
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wind blowing from land caused when heated air over water rises and air from land moves to replace rising air
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opposite of sea breeze
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climate
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the average weather conditions over many years
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glaciers
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a mass of ice and snow built up over thousands of years, occurs in high altitudes of mountains and near earths poles
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crevasses
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a deep crack in a glacier caused by the glacier moving over uneven ground
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cirques
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the small beginning of a glacier, where snow, ice and the freezer-thaw cycle creates arm-chair-like hollows in the sides of a mountain
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straitions
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a groove or scratch on the surface of a rock, caused when boulders and gravel at bottoms of glaciers are dragged along rock surfaces
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icebergs
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a large chunk of ice that breaks off a glacier when the glaciers reaches the ocean
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titanic
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arêtes
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a landform created when two cirques on a mountain erode towards each other and creates a sharp ridge between them
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guyot
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an underwater mountain formed when a volcanic island is eroded
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eskers
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a long mound of sand and gravel marking the path of meltwater streams that passed through and under a glacier
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current
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movement of water in an ocean or lake caused by temperature differences
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similar to convection current
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continental slope
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the more steeply sloped region at the edge of the continental shelf
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hanging valley
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where a small glacier meets a large glacier and the valley floor of the large glacier is below the bottom of the small glacier
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erratics
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a large Boulder that was carried by glaciers and left behind
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horn
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a sharp pyramid shape formed on a mountain when three or more arêtes carve the mountain peak
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continental shelf
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the gently downward slope of the ocean floor as it extends outward from continents
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volcanic island
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an island formed as lava from a volcano builds up over time
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continental rise
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a region of gently increasing slope where the ocean floor meets the continental slope
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abyssal plains
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a large, flat area on the ocean floor
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seamount
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an underwater volcano
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continental divide
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the crest of the Rocky Mountain that separates water flowing to the West from water flowing the the North and East (aka The Great Divide)
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watershed
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an area surrounded by high elevation land, in which all water runs to a common destination
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fiords
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a long deep valley carved by a glacier that has become flooded with sea water
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trenches
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formed where the two oceanic tectonic plates converge, runs parallel to coast
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