Which kind of tide is at the lowest sea level?

What are the two ways we measure tides?

The gravity of the __ affects oceans the most.

A heap of water formed by moon's gravitational pull is called a:

How long does it take for a point on the earth to experience two complete high and low tide cycles?

When the sun, moon, and Earth are in a straight line

When the sun, moon, and Earth are at a right angle

How do spring tides affect sea level?

How do neap tides affect sea level?

Using the tides for energy is called

A drawback for tide energy is

What are the ocean's highways called?

What are the two sets of prevailing winds that mainly affect surface currents?

Currents form big circling flows called:

Which direction do Northern Hemisphere currents flow?

Which direction do Southern Hemisphere currents flow?

How do currents flow near the equator?

How do currents flow at the equator?

water from California to Mexico

flows west near the equator

flows east at the equator

water from Gulf of Mexico to England

circling the globe near the South Pole

Side branches that form narrow branches from the Antarctic Circumpolar Current are called:

Change of current direction with depth is called the

Upwelling is when water from the abyssal plain travels to the surface.

What are slow currents deep in the ocean and also the slowest currents that exist?

A turbidity current is similar to which volcanic feature?

What energy is associated with waves?

The event of energy moving a wave up and forward and gravity bringing it down and backward is:

The lowest level or the deepest depth a wave reaches is called a:

time between two wave crests

how fast it takes two wave crests to pass a point

what produces most waves?

the distance of wind across a water surface is called

a wave that is brought up and then crashes down is called a:

A breaker is formed when mechanical energy transfers to __ energy

when waves approach the shoreline at an angle, a __ current is formed

when water flowing back gathers into a narrow passage, a __ current is formed

top of a wave

bottom of a wave

length of a wave

height of a wave