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Waves and Currents Vocabulary

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Waves and Currents Vocabulary
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1.

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30 sec • 10 pts

Highest point of a wave

Crest
Trough
Wave Height
Wavelength

2.

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A mass of moving ocean water

Ocean Current
Longshore Current
Rip Current
Electrical Current

3.

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The vertical movement of deep water up to the surface

Upwelling
Downwelling
Longshore Current
Rip Current

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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A property of matter representing mass per volume

Density
Crest
Trough
Gravity

5.

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The movement of water from the surface to greater depths

Downwelling
Upwelling
Longshore Current
Rip Current

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

The overall direction and movement of water as waves strike the shore at an angle

Longshore Current
Rip Current
Upwelling
Downwelling

7.

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30 sec • 10 pts

Narrow streams of water that break through sandbars and drain rapidly back to sea.

Rip Current
Longshore Current
Downwelling
Upwelling

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