Beach's, Barrier island's, Estuaries, and Inlets
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| What is the ocean shore zone? | The area where the ocean meets the land.
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| What can you find in the ocean shore zone? | Beach's, Barrier islands, estuaries, and inlets
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| What are beaches? | Shore lines made of sand
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| Tides can bring in what at high tide? | Shells and ocean sediment
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| What are islands? | Pieces of land surrounded by water
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| Barrier islands function to? | Protect the mainland From the effects of waves on its shore's
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| What changes when waves deposit sand on barrier islands beaches? | Change its shape
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| What are estuaries? | The area where the river meets the ocean
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| What water do estuaries have? | Brackish water
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| What brings sediment and sea life to the estuaries? | High tides
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| What are inlets? | Water filled spaces between barrier islands
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| AS the tides change the inlets will? | Change
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| What can change an inlet opening? | Currents and storms
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| What are currents? | On going movement of water
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| What creates currents? | Wind moving across the surface of the water
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| How many directions do currents move in? | 1
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| What are wave's? | The repeated movement of water
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| What do all waves have? | Crest and trough
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| Most ocean waves are caused by? | Winds that are blown across the surface of the water
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| A wave change's shape when it? | reaches shore
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| As the top of the wave curls over it turns into a? | breaker
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| What are tides? | The regular rise and fall of water in the ocean and sea's
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| What are tides caused by? | The pull of moons gravity on earth as the moon moves in relation to the earth.
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| High tide's occur when? | Water level is at highest point.
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| Low tide's occur when? | Water level is at lowest point
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| Spring tide's occur when? | The moon and sun line up and pull in the same direction.
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| Neap tide's occur when? | When the moon and sun pull in different direction's and their pulls cancel out each other
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