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| The distance from crest to crest |
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| Number of wavelengths that pass a certain point in a time period #/sec |
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| Name given to the white-capped waves that crash on shore |
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| Kind of ocean wave caused by earthquake on the ocean floor |
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| A rush of water that flows rapidly through a hole in a sandbar |
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| A wall of rock or concrete built out from shore causing sand to pile against the groin instead of along shore |
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| Movement of water along the beach. Sand gets deposited on a sandbar |
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| Uses sound waves and the ship measures how fast the waves return |
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| the process in which the ocean floor is extended when two plates move apart. |
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| tiny algae and animals that move with the tides and currents |
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| free swimming animals that move through the water column. Octopus, fish, and mammals are examples |
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| organisms that inhabit the ocean floor |
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| Farming of salt and freshwater organisms |
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| The part of the ocean that extends from low tide line out to the edge of the continental shelf |
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| Total amount of dissolved salts in water |
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| vehicle designed to withstand pressure in order to study the ocean floor |
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