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A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent
a) Continental Shelf
b) Continental slope
c) Continental plate
d) Continental boundary

a steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf
a) Continental shelf
b) Continental slope
c) Continental plate
d) Continental boundary

the movement of energy through a body of water
a) Wave height
b) Wavelength
c) Wave
d) Wave crest

the daily rise and fall of Earth's waters on its coastlines
a) Tidal wave
b) Tides
c) Waves
d) Tsunami

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.
a) Neap Tide
b) Autumn Tide
c) Summer Tide
d) Spring Tide

The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample.
a) Salinity
b) Sodium Chloride
c) Ions
d) Table salt

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
a) Coriolis Effect
b) Tsunami
c) Hurricane
d) El Nino

The movement of cold water upward from the deep ocean that is caused by wind.
a) Upwelling
b) Current
c) Climate
d) Deep Currents

the horizontal distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next wave
a) Wave height
b) Wave crest
c) Wavelength
d) Wave frequency

The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
a) El Nino
b) Coriolis Effect
c) Currents
d) Deep Currents

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