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| streamlike movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean |
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| the curving of moving objects from a straight path due to the Earth's rotation |
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| streamlike movements of ocean water below the surface |
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| is a procces in which cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean rises to the surface and replaces warm surface water. |
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| the periodic change in the location of warm and cool surface waters in the Pacific Ocean. |
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| the lowest point of a wave |
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| the distance between two adjacent wave crests or wave troughs |
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| the vertical distance between a wave's crest and its trough |
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| is the time between the passage of two wave crests at a fixed point. |
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| gravity that pulles the wave crest down. |
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| the area between the breaker zone and the shore. |
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| are white, foaming waves with very steep crestes that break in the open ocean. |
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| are rolling waves that move in a steady procession across the ocean. |
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