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| The movement of energy through a body of water. |
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| The horizontal distance between the crest of the next wave. |
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| The number of waves that pass a specific point in a givin amount of time. |
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| The verticle distance from the crest of the wave to the trough. |
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| A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake below the ocean floor. |
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| The movement of water and sediment down a beach caused by waves coming in to shore at an angle. |
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| A rush of water that flows rapidly back to sea through a narrow opening in a sandbar. |
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| A wall made of rocks or concrete that is built outward from a beach to reduce erosion. |
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| The daily rise and fall of Earth's waters on it's coastline. |
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| A tide with the greates difference between high and low tide that occurs when the sun and moon are aligned with Earth at the new moon and the full moon. |
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| A tide with the least difference between low and high tide that occurs when the sun and moon pull at right angles to each other at the first and third quarters of the moon. |
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| The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample. |
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| An underwater vehicle built of strong materials to resist pressure. |
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