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| Wave base for a deep water wave is defined as: |
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| The process of dispersion is controlled by: |
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| As a wave travels through an area of water, which of the following describes the motion of water molecules? |
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| Travels in a circular path as the wave passes through |
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| The size of surface waves is controlled by: |
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| Wind speed, fetch, and duration of wind |
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| Deep water waves include: |
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| the best thing to do if you're caught in a Rip Current is to.. |
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| swim parallel to the beach to escape the current and let the waves bring you back into shore |
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| When a wave "feels bottom" it: |
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| When an area is subjected to a mixed tide, this means that: |
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| successive high tides or low tides of significantly different heights through the cycle |
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| The following are examples of Western Boundary currents except: |
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| The Ekman Spiral describes the flow response of a column of water to the wind. Those responses are: |
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| North Atlantic Deep Water forms |
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| North of Iceland and near Greenland |
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| Cape Cod, MA experiences what types of tides? |
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| Water moving into an enclose basin due to an increase in sea level as a tidal crest approaches is called a ____ |
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| Because our weather in the US moves from west to east: |
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| waves will be bigger on the west coast due to the large fetch |
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| Understanding waves and their resulting current patterns allows us to: |
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| Greenhouse gases are gases that get excited by _____ |
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| infra red light that the Earth transmits |
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| An important natural source of atmospheric carbon dioxide is ______ |
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| When scientists measure the concentration of CO2 on Mauna Loa, they found a systematic increase superimposed in an annual variation. The annual variation occurs as a result of: |
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| more photosynthesis in summer |
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| As a result of Global Warming: |
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| ice cover in the Arctic ocean has decreased, tropical diseases have spread to higher latitudes, more intense weather phenomena have occured |
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| Ozone in the troposphere is generated by lighting or forest fires or: |
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| Ozone in the stratosphere blocks _____ ultraviolet radiation coming from the sun. |
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| Which of the following is true about ocean water? |
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| sinks rapidly when very cold and rises slowly over large warm tropic areas |
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| Which of the following are considered primary sources of atmospheric methane? |
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| decaying vegetation, intestinal gases from cows |
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| How do oceans affect carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere? |
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| by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere |
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| A tsunami can form by all of these except: |
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| Which of the following exerts the most influence on the Earth's tides? |
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| The Earth-Moon system revolves around a point _____ |
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| between the Earth's core and crust |
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| The need for the Allies to make amphibious landings during WWII lead to the US Navy's establishment of the first research group to study waves |
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| Wave length is measured from the crest of one wave to the crest of the adjacent wave |
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| The earth is in thermal equilibrium with the carbon dioxide concentrations currently in the atmosphere |
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| Ozone is a covalently bonded molecule composed of 3 oxygen atoms. This molecule is very chemically stable |
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| Western boundary currents tend to be cold, slow, broad, and shallow. Eastern boundary currents tend to be hot, fast, narrow and deep |
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| During an ENSO event, the Peru current strengthens and upwelling increases bringing water rich in nutrients to the surface along the west coast of South Africa. This results in an increase in biological productivity. |
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| Tsunamis have the longest wave length of any waves |
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| The "equilibrium theory of tides" developed by Newton takes into account the depth and shape of the ocean basins |
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| Waves transfer vast amount of water from part of the ocean to far distant shores |
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| Reactive chlorine (CLO) helps form ozone |
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| Polar stratospheric clouds promote the formation of reactive chlorine and the destruction of ozone near the South Pole |
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| The sun exerts the most influence on the Earth;s tides because it has the largest body in the sun, moon, earth system |
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| The average global temperature has increased 0.4-0.8 degrees C during the last century |
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| There are numerous "amphidromic points: located throughout the world's ocean |
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| Melting of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica would cause no rise in sea level. |
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| Coastlines subject to "diurnal tides" would be the best areas to locate "tidal electrical generating structures" |
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| Rip currents are more prevalent when waves are short and choppy |
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| Internal waves travel along the sharp salinity interface between dense surface water and less dense deep water. |
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| The largest rouge wave was measured by a US Navy destroyer to be 112 ft tall |
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| Tidal waves that propagate across the sea surface with the continued planetary influence that formed them are classified as forced waves |
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| Shallow water waves are only found in water less than 10 ft deep |
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| Wave height is always measured from the "still water" level |
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| Tsunami strike somewhere in the world on an average of once a year |
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| Any Tsunami generated by n earthquake is known as a "seismic sea wave" |
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| Tsunami occur as single, plunging waves of immense destructive force |
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| Major future tsunami may be triggered by potential landslides along the coasts of Hawaii in the Pacific ocean and La Palma-Canary islands in the arc |
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| Ozone is a molecule formed by 3 atoms of oxygen and occurs naturally in the atmosphere |
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| Ozone is necessary in the stratosphere to help block incoming UV rays, but it is a problem in the troposphere where it makes plants and animals sick |
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| Tides have wave lengths half the circumference of the earth |
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| Newton's gravitational model of tides (the equilibrium theory) deals primarily with the position of the earth, moon and sun and doesn't not allow for the influence of ocean depth or the position of the continental landmasses |
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| The earth-moon system revolves around the venter of the Earth |
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| Earth's rotation beneath the tidal bulges caused by gravity and inertia produces high and low tides |
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| The tidal cycle is 24 hours and 50 minutes long because the moon rises 50 mins later each day |
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| When the moons position is north of the equator, the lunar tidal bulge is also located north of the equator |
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| Spring tides occur when the moon, earth, and sun form a right angle |
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| The amphidromic point is a no-tide point in the ocean around which the tidal crest rotates through once tidal cycle |
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| Tsunamis have the longest wavelengths. |
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| Tides are always shallow water waves even though their crests pass directly over the deepest parts of the ocean. |
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| A tidal bore is a steep wave moving upstream that is generated by the action of the tide crest in the enclosed area of a river mouth. |
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| The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is considered to be the largest gyre on Earth |
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| Counter clockwise spinning, cold water cored eddies from alongside the main body of the Gulf Stream as it meanders eastward from the coast of North America |
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| Undercurrents can exist below surface currents and even be flowing in exactly the opposite direction. |
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| Upwelling is responsible for concentrating nutrients along the west coast of the US. |
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| Ascending air cools as it expands. |
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| Moist, humid air is less dense than dry air. |
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| The abrupt bulge of water driven ashore by a tropical cyclone or frontal storm is called a "storm surge." |
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| The "Coriolis effect" will deflect a cannon ball shot from the equator toward the North pole toward the right (clockwise). |
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| The Ferrel atmospheric circulation cells are located between the Hadley Cells and the Polar Cells |
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| The meteorological equator coincides with the geographical equator. |
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| Monsoons occur as winds change directions due to the seasonal shift of the ITCZ and change of "Coriolis effect" from northern to southern hemisphere. |
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| Low atmospheric pressure at the center of a hurricane produces a dome of seawater that can reach a height of 1 meter in the open sea. |
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| Due to the "Coriolis effect" hurricanes rotate clockwise in the northern hemisphere. |
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| Areaas where the winds are primarily vertical are areas where the horizontal winds tend to be calm. |
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| The release of latent heat during the phase change from water vapor to liquid water provides the energy to drive hurricanes. |
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| About 50% of the water in the world ocean is involved in surface currents. |
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| The eventual effect of wave action and erosion of a coastal area will be a straightening of the shoreline. |
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| Hadley cells (0-30 degrees latitude) |
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| Ferrel Cells (30-60 degrees latitude) |
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| Convergence of Polar and Ferrel cells (60 degrees latitude) |
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| convergence of Hadley and Ferrel Cells (30 degrees latitude) |
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| The North Pacific current |
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| Antarctic Circumpolar current |
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