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Ch 14 Oceans

Mr. De La Torre's Ch 14 Oceans Vocabulary

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Surface current a streamlike movement of water that occurs at or near the surface of the ocean
Coriolis effect the turning of moving objects such as ocean currents or winds, by the Earth’s rotation.
Deep current a streamlike movement of ocean water far below the surface.
Upwelling a near shore process in which cold nutrient rich water form the deep ocean rises to the surface.
El Nino a periodic change in the location of warm and cool surface waters in the Pacific Ocean.
Crest the highest point of a wave.
Trough the lowest point of a wave.
Wavelength the distance between one point on a wave and the corresponding point on an adjacent wave in a series of waves.
Wave height the vertical distance between a wave’s crest and its trough.
Wave period the time it takes for two waves to pass a fixed point.
Breaker zone the near shore area where waves first begin to tumble downward or break.
Surf the area between the breaker zone and the shore.
Whitecap a white foaming wave with a very steep crest that breaks in the open ocean.
Swells rolling waves that move in a steady procession across the ocean.
Tsunami a wave that forms when a large volume of ocean water is suddenly moved up or down.
Storm surge a local rise in sea level near the shore that is caused by strong winds from a storm.
Tides daily movements of ocean water that change the level of the oceans surface.
Tidal range the difference between levels of ocean water at high tide and low tide.
Spring tides tides with maximum daily tidal ranges that occur during the new and full moons.
Neap tides tides with minimum daily tidal ranges that occur during the first and third quarters of the moon.
Tidal bore a body of water that rushes up through a narrow bay, estuary, or river channel during the rise of high tide.
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