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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.

Causes of greenhouse

What is the causes of greenhouse?

A wave with a height of 5 feet and a wavelength of 10 feet has a wave base of

5

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.

What area of the stratosphere has a great amount of ozone gas

The area of stratosphere that contains ozone gas is ozone layer. It is completely embedded inside stratosphere.

What causes two distinct pressure zones between equator and the poles

Earths rotation

What causes the global air convection current between the equator and the polls

The difference in temperatures between the Equator and the north and south poles, plus the rotation of the earth, causes the air currents.

The wind stirs up what current

Surface

For the same insolation order these regions from highest absorption to lowest.

as s hold

Which convection cell in the atmosphere borders on the in the atmosphere borders on the inter-tropical convergence zone

Hadley Cell

a cool region underneath cloud cover will have ____ a region with no cloud cover

A higher pressure than

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