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Victor padden
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6th Grade
01/08/2009

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Surface current
Definition
streamlike movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean
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Coriolis effect
Definition
the curving of moving objects from a straight path due to the Earth's rotation
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Deep currents
Definition
streamlike movements of ocean water below the surface
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Upwelling
Definition
is a procces in which cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean rises to the surface and replaces warm surface water.
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El Nino
Definition
the periodic change in the location of warm and cool surface waters in the Pacific Ocean.
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crest
Definition
is the top of the wave
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trough
Definition
the lowest point of a wave
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wavelength
Definition
the distance between two adjacent wave crests or wave troughs
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wave height
Definition
the vertical distance between a wave's crest and its trough
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wave period
Definition
is the time between the passage of two wave crests at a fixed point.
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breaker
Definition
gravity that pulles the wave crest down.
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surf
Definition
the area between the breaker zone and the shore.
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whitecaps
Definition
are white, foaming waves with very steep crestes that break in the open ocean.
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swelles
Definition
are rolling waves that move in a steady procession across the ocean.
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