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What causes upwelling

Wind

How do waves change as they approach the shore

As waves approach the shore, interaction with the sea floor slows the waves down and the crests of the waves bunch up. They increase in height as the energy in each wave compresses into a shorter horizontal distance, but the period of the wave does not change. Eventually, the waves break.

In what way does ocean water move globally

Along cold water currents from the poles to the equator.

What is an effect of La Nia

Mr poppins is coming

What force acts against capillary action as water moves through the ground

Gravity

Why do oceanographers take measurements of the conductivity of the seawater

Conductivity can be used to calculate the salinity of the water.

Precipitation runoff lakes and streams all come together at a

watershed

By using information about the temperature and salinity of ocean water oceanographers can determine the

density

Which of these could be an example of a freshwater wetland

Marsh

The term for the distance over which wind blows uninterrupted is called what

fetch

When the tides are especially strong due to the alignment of the sun and mWhen the tides are especially strong due to the alignment of the sun and moon it is called a oon it is called a tide

spring

Cause and effect of La Nina

the cause is the heat forming in the center of the ocean . the effect is simply la nina

What is the zone where most ocean live lives

The sunlight zone. Most animal and plant life use the sun to stay alive. The most plant life is found here. There is life in all zones in the ocean but the sunlight zone has the most.

By using information about the temperature and salinity of ocean water oceangraphers can describe the

By using information about the temperature and salinity of ocean water oceangraphers can describe the?

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