ocean motion

5. the horizontal distance between the two points on sequential waves
8. a density current flowing along the deep ocean basin floor caused by gravity acting on large masses of cold, salty ocean
11. a flow of seawater on the surface of the ocean set in motion by wind
12. any current in deeper water that flows in directions other than those caused by surface winds
14. the downward movement of surface water in places where seawater has piled up due to action of wind or currents
17. a narrow fast current that sometimes forms as water piling up on a beach from breaking waves flows back toward the ocean; very dangerous to strangers
18. a large,circling ocean current created by prevailing winds and deflected by the Coriolis effect and continental coastlines
19. a small tide that occurs when the sun's gravity works against the moon
20. the time between one wave crest and the next as they pass a stationary point.
21. a tide produced mainly by the moon's gravity
22. change in sea level controlled by gravitational pull
23. the continual deflection of a current direction with increasing depth beneath the current due to fluid friction from Coriolis effect

1. deep-water ocean waves break when their height builds more than one-seventh of their wavelength
2. an ocean current that flows parallel to the shore and is caused by waves or wind that approach the shore at an angle
3. a repeated oscillation in matter that transfers mechanical energy
4. the deepest depth below an ocean wave affected by a wave passage
6. an unusually high solar tide that occurs when the sun,earth,and moon are lined up in a row
7. the distance that wind blows over the water's surface in one direction when forming waves
9. a fast, subsurface density current similar to an underwater mudslide or lahar
10. a current resulting from a difference in density between two masses of water in contact with each other
13. the deflection of the path of a moving object attempting to travel in a straight line over the earth's surface as the object changes latitude
15. the vertical distance between a wave's crest and its trough
16. the speed of a waves crest in the direction of movement