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___gain more heat than they lose   tropical latitudes  
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___ lose more heat to space than they gain   high latitudes  
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where is the amount of sun energy received and lost balanced?   38 degrees N and 38 degrees S  
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____ carries the heat to SW England where we can find palm trees   gulf stream  
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the ocean atmosphere that contain water vapor can hold a huge amount of ____ (thermal inertia)   latent heat  
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wind --->   hadley cells  
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coriolis effect --->   Farrel and polar cells  
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variation on the water vapor saturation with ____   temperature  
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what happens when warm air bumps up cool air?   widespread clouds and precipitation  
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wind is formed by 2 pressure systems, ___ and ____   low/ high pressure  
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high and low pressure center with wind direction circles are ___ with pressure in mb (millibars)   isobars  
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___ formed when cool air from over the water is moving towards land   sea breeze  
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___ occur after sunset when air warmed by the land blows towards water   land breeze  
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___(hurricanes) form from disturbances within one warm and humid air mass   tropical cyclone  
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___ form at the boundary between polar and farrel cells(polar front)   extratropical cyclones  
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N. Americas most violent extratropical cyclones shown in winter   Nor' easters (northeasters)  
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a tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a ____ and numerous thunderstorms that produce stronge winds and heavy rain   large low-pressure center  
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tremendous energy is released as moisture changes from ____   water vapor to liquid  
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what is necessary for hurricane formation?   on tropical ocean (energy source) latent heat coriolis effect  
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part of a hurricane that is relatively calm, light winds and few clouds   eye  
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there are sometimes gaps between them where no rain is found and there is areas of rising and sinking air   spiral rain bands  
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hurricanes form ____ which are most deadly aspect of the cyclone   storm surges  
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___ increases when waves and strong winds bring water mass near shore   height  
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low atmospheric pressure at storms center produces   dome of sea water  
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global warming does not increase the # of storms but increases their____   intensity  
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a wave is a ____ that propagates through space and time with transfer of energy   physical disturbance  
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waves are characterized into 2 groups:   longitudinal and transverse  
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back and forth, have the same direction of oscillation or vibration along their direction of travel   longitudinal waves  
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up and down, moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular to direction on energy transfer   transverse waves  
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a ribbon of energy is moving at the speed of the wave but water is not ex) the "wave" at a sports event   ocean wave  
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____ is most useful measure of wave size   wavelength  
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waves transmit ___ along oceans surface   energy  
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most wave energy is typically concentrated in ___   wind waves  
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____ long wave in a lake or ocean basin that sloshes back and forth from on end to the other   seiche  
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at the ____, water moves sideways and does not rise or fall   node  
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waves of moving energy in which the waves form moves in one direction along surface   progressive waves  
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waves in which particles of water move in closed circles as the wave passes   orbital waves  
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capillary waves become ____(wind waves) as their wave length exceeds 1.74 centimeters and continue to grow as long as the wind above them exceeds their speed   gravity waves  
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known as "baby waves", wavelength less than 2 cm   capillary waves  
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must be moving faster than the wave crest for energy transfer to continue   wind speed  
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wind that blows for a short time that will not generate large waves   wind duration  
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uninterrupted distance over which the wind blows without changing direction   fetch  
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wave size increases with increase ____   wind speed, duration, fetch  
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___ are strongly influenced by winds   geostrophic currents  
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windiest and waviest ocean?   the southern ocean  
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strong and continuous winds of the ___ make the highest waves in the southern ocean   west wind drift  
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when waves meet up, they ___ with one another   interfere  
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2 waves interference that cancel each other out   destructive interference  
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additive interference that results in waves larger than the original waves   constructive interference  
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these freak waves occur due to interference and result in a wave crest higher than the theoretical maximum   rogue waves  
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contraint of circular wave motion ____ the wave   slows  
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the wave ___ when the ratio of wave height ro water depth is about 3:4   breaks  
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slowing and bending of waves in shallow water   wave refraction  
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propagation of a wave around an obstacle   wave diffraction  
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occurs when waves " bounce back" from an obstacle they encounter   wave reflection  
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what different ways can waves break against the shore?   plunging & spilling waves  
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break violently against the shore, leaving an air-filled tube, or channel, between the crest and foot of the wave, formed when waves approach a shore over a steeply sloped bottom   plunging waves  
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occur on gradually sloping ocean bottoms   spilling waves  
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abrupt bulge of water driven by hurricanes or frontal storm   storm surges  
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long- wavelength, shallow water, progressive waves caused by the rapid displacement of ocean water   tsunami  
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2 largest causes of disasters   storm surges/tsunami  
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landslides, falling icebergs, volcanic eruptions, asteroid impacts, and other direct displacements of water surface generate ____   tsunami  
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11 destructive tsunami have claimed more than ___ lives since 1990   180,000  
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speed of a tsunami can be calculated by ___,__,__   c=square root gd  
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9.8 meters per second (acceleration due to gravity) in the tsunami equation = __?   the term "g"  
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depth (a typical Pacific abyssal depth is 4,600 m) in the tsunami equation =__?   the term "d"  
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things todo before/during a tsunami?   1) turn on radio 2) move inland high ground 3) stay away from beach  
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the first part of a tsunami to reach land is a trough called ____   drawback  
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___ are periodic, short-term changes in the oceans surfaces height at a particular place   tides  
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tides are the ___ of all waves   longest  
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tides are caused by a combination on the gravitational force of the:   moon/sun/motion of earth  
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tides are ____   forced waves  
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waves such as wind waves, seiches, and tsunamis are ____, which are no longer being acted on by the force that created them and require alternate forces   free waves  
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tides are ___ of the forces that cause them   never free  
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how ocean water moved, ____   tidal bulges  
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the moods gravity attracts the ___ toward it   ocean  
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motion of the earth around the center mass of the earth-moon system throws up a ____ on the side of earth opposite the moon   bulge  
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combination on the 2 effects creates 2 ____   tidal bulges  
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when the mood attracts the ocean   gravitational force  
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when the earths motion creates opposite bulge   centrifugal force (inertia)  
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net force when effects of inertia and gravitational attraction are combined, ____   tractive force  
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the 2 forces, ___ and ___ that can move the ocean and are precisely equal in strength but opposite in direction, thus balanced only @ center of earth   inertia,gravitational attraction  
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the month is 29.5 days, 24 hours and 50 min, ____   lunar calendar  
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____ arrives 50 min. later each day   highest tide  
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spring tide and neap tide are influences of the ___   sun  
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relationship of spring and neap tides to the ___ of the moon   phases  
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exceptionally high/low tides occur at time of the new moon or the full moon when the sun, moon, and earth are approximately aligned   spring tides  
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the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon   neap tide  
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movement of water towards and away from land with the high/low tides generates ____   tidal currents  
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the flow of water towards the land with the approaching high tide   flood current  
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the flow of water away from the land with the approaching low tide   Ebb current  
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reach max ___ midway between high/low tide   velocity  
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time of no currents, occurs at high/low tides when the current changes direction   slack water  
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example is Los Angelas tides   mixed tide  
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example is Mobile, Alabama tides   diurnal tide  
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example is Cape Code tides   semidiurnal tide  
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fort myers is a ___ zone   micotidal  
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tides are in broad confined ____   basins  
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____ generally increases with increasing distane from amphidromic points   tidal ranges  
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largest tidal range (hopewell rocks) is in eastern ____ where tidal range is near 15m   bay of Fundy  
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____ do not develop in narrow basins because they provide no space for rotation   true amphidromic systems  
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tides in the Bar of Fundy and Nova Scotia are extreme because because water in the bay naturally ____(seiches) at the same time frequency as the lunar tide   resonates  
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tidal ranges increase if a bay tapers landward because water is ___ toward the basins narrow end   funneled  
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results from a coincidence of timing: the time is takes a large wave to go from the mouth of the bay to the inner shore and back is practically the same as the time from one high tide to the next   tidal resonance  
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the worlds largest tidal bore ___, arrives on schedule in the Qiantang River   the "silver dragon"  
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wall of water the moves upriver, ___   tidal bore  
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3 factors of a tidal bore:   1) large tidal range 2) tapering basin geometry 3) water depths that decrease systematically upriver  
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tidal bores are seen at the ___   river mouth  
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tidal energy from the ___ and tidal friction is ultimately dissipated as heat   rotation of earth  
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____ do not move   tidal bulges  
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___ is friction that gradually slows the earths rotation by a few hundredth of a second per century   tidal friction  
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tropical cyclones in the northern hemisphere spin ____   counterclockwise  
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the major winds in Hadley cells are called ____   trade winds  
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air condition of low pressure ____   hot and humid  
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air condition of high pressure ___   chilly and dry  
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heating of earth varies and latitude and ice reflects much of the solar energy that reaches the poles, _____   solar heating of earth  
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