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15 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 horizontal 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 crust to the trough
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tsunami
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a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor
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long shore 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 the flows rapidly back to sea through a narrow opening
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groin
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a wall of rocks or concrete built to reduce beach erosion
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inter tidal zone
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an area between the highest high-tide line on land an the point on the continental shelf
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Neritic zone
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the area of the ocean hat extends from the low-tide line out to the edge of the continetal shelf
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open-ocean zone
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the deepest,darkest area of the ocean beyond the edge of the continetal shelf
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plankton
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are 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 habit
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