A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent

a steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf

the movement of energy through a body of water

the daily rise and fall of Earth's waters on its coastlines

The tide with the greatest difference between low and high tide that occurs when the sun and the moon are aligned with the Earth at a new or full moon.

The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample.

a climate event that occurs every two to seven years in the Pacific Ocean, during which winds shift and push warm water toward the coast of South America

The movement of cold water upward from the deep ocean that is caused by wind.

the horizontal distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next wave

The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.

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