Exam 13: Global Oceans and Seas

Within the deep cold zone,average temperature and salinity

An earthquake,a submarine landslide,or a volcanic eruption is capable of producing a

-These features create zones of still water near coastlines.

What accounts for the coastal straightening and the formation of a longshore current?

Which side of a dune typically has a slope angle equal to that of the angle of repose for sand?

A tombolo cuts off a portion of the ocean along a coast,forming a lagoon.

Relative to dune movement and form,a duneʹs slipface forms on which side?

Describe the three main zones of the ocean.

Only a small amount of water is actually advancing in waves in open water.

Waves of translation form breakers along a shoreline.

The increase in wave height as a tsunami approaches a coast is the result of the shortening of wavelengths.

The oceans are slightly acidic,with an average pH of about 6.5.

Within a wave in the open ocean,energy is transferred from molecule to molecule in cyclic undulations called waves of transition.