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| climate | The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area |
| Coriolis effect | The way Earth's rotation makes winds in the Northern hemisphere curve to the right and winds in the Southern hemisphere curve to the left |
| crest | The highest point of a wave |
| current | A large stream of moving water that flows through the ocean |
| El Nino | An abnormal climate event that occurrs every 2 - 7 years in the Pacific Ocean, causeing changes in winds, currents, and weather patterns that can lead to dramatic climate changes |
| frequency | The number of waves that pass a specific point in a given amount of time |
| groin | A stone or concrete wall built out from a beach to reduce erosion |
| longshore drift | The movement of water and sediment along a beach caused by waves coming into shore at an angle |
| neap tide | 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 |
| rip current | A rush of water that flows rapidly back to sea through a narrow opening |
| salinity | The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample |
| sandbar | a ridge of sand deposited by waves as the slow down near shore |
| spring tide | A tide with the greatest difference between high and low tide that occurs when the Sun and the Moon are aligned with Earth |
| submersible | An underwater vehicle built of strong materials to resist the great pressures of the deep ocean |
| tide | the daily rise and fall of Earth's waters on the shores |
| trough | the lowest point of a wave |
| upwelling | an upward flow of cold water from the ocean depth |
| wave | the movement of energy through a medium (air, water, or land) |
| wave height | the vertical distance from the crest of a wave to the trough |
| wavelength | the horizontal distance of a wave between two wave crests |
