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The main force driving thermahaline circulation is
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Gravity
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An estuary in which salinties tend to be higher away from the ocean entrance than near the ocean entrance is a ...
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Reverse estuary
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When the sun and moon are in line with the Earth,
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The highest and lowest tides will occur
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The single most influential agent changin the shore and coast is ...
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Wave action
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A summer beach is a characteritiscally...
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Broad and covered with sand
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T/F The dynamic theory for tides focuses on the effects of celestial mechanics on sea level
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True
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As wind waves move out of a storm area...
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The waves are sorted by velocity and form the swell
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Steep, narrow, rocky beaches are usually found in areas of
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High wave energy
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______ has the greatest influence on ocean tides
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The moon
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The energy that drives the longshore currents is derived from...
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Wind waves approaching the beacfront at an angel
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Waves with the greatest propagation rate or velocity...
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Have the longest wavelenghts
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If a beach is wide, with gently sloping with fine sands, we would expect to see...
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Generally small waves winter and summer
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T/F Eustatic changes are varations in the sea level that can be measured all over the world ocean
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True
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A wave of water moving up a river, initiated by tidal action and normal resonances within a river estuary is called...
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A tidal bore
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T/F a spring tide is higher than a neap tide, the onyl occurs during the spring and summer months in each hemisphere
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False
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