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Chapter 13 Review

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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show water cycle  
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show rip currents  
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show El Nino  
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A mass of moving water.   show
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The difference in height between high tide and the next low tide.   show
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show neap tides  
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The vertical movement of deep water up to the surface.   show
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A measure of the amount of matter packed into a unit of volume.   show
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show tide  
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show spring tide  
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The movement of water parallel to the shore; occurs in places where the waves meet the land at an angle rather than head-on.   show
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show sonar  
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The amount of dissolved salt contained in water.   show
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The sloping land that lies submerged around the edges of a continent.   show
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show upwelling  
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show spring tide  
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Because waves rarely meet the land exactly head-on, these occure along almost every shore.   show
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This is lower in areas where the ocean is diluted by fresh water.   show
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show El Nino  
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show both dissolved solids and dissolved gases  
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Large amounts of rainfall would lower the   show
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show deep water is cooler than water at the surface.  
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show robots with camera  
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show the wind  
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show away from the poles  
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Deep ocean currents slowly move water   show
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An upwelling moves nutrients from the deeper waters to   show
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The Gulf Stream moves ____________________ away from the poles to give Great Britian a mild climate.   show
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Most ocean waves are the result of   show
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Waves breaking along a shore are caused by an increase in their   show
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A longshore current is the transfer of   show
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show high winds and strong currents  
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show Earth's waters on the Sun  
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show neap tide  
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show tidal range  
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Electricity is generated by a tidal dam when   show
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show dissolved salts in the water  
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show density  
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Wind blowing across the ocean causes   show
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A mass of moving water is called a   show
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El Nino is caused by changes in _____________ currents   show
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show It loses energy  
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show waves stricking the shore at an angle  
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What has the greatest effect on Earth's tides?   show
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show one high tide and the next low tide  
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show spring tide  
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Salinity is the amount of dissolved   show
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The amount of matter in a unit volume is   show
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A surface current near Earth's equator is set in motion by   show
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show energy from moving air  
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Rip currents flow at nearly _________________ to the shore   show
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The moon has a greater effect on Earth's tides than the Sun because the moon is   show
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