NS2 Test Bank: NS2-M3C5 - Seawater: It's Makeup and Movements

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What effect does the sun have on tides?

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Less than the moon

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A current that flows in an opposite direction to the flow of another current.

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Countercurrent

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A phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tides forms a wave (or wave) of water that travels up a river against the direction of the current.

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Tidal Bore

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A long wave on water that moves continuously without breaking

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Swell

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The upward slope of a wave

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Gradient

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What is the freezing point of seawater? (use Fahrenheit)

Back

28

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Waves of the sea as they break upon a shore or reef

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Surf

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Radiation with wavelengths shorter than visible light but longer than X rays.

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Ultraviolet

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The top of a wave

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Crest (of a wave)

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To veer or cause to veer broadside to the wind and waves

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Broach (in a boat)