Waves And Tides

2. height Vertical distance between a wave crest and its trough
4. Nino : change in the location of warm and cool surface waters in the pacific ocean
5. : time between the passage of two wave crests at a fixed point
11. when a large volume of ocean water moves up or down
12. white foaming waves with very steep crests that break in the open ocean before the waves get close to the shore
13. surge the local rise in sea level near the shore that is caused by a strong storm, such as a hurricane
14. currents : stream-like movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the water
15. the area between the breaker zone
17. the lowest point of a land
18. daily movements of ocean water that change the level of the oceans surface

1. stream-like movements of ocean water far below the surface
2. distance between two adjacent wave crests or wave trough
3. rolling waves that move in a steady procession across the sea
6. effect : the curving of movement from a straight path
7. tides with the maximum daily tidal range that occur during the first and third quarter of the moon
8. range the difference between levels of ocean water at high point
9. the process in which cold nutrient water from the deep ocean rises to the surface and replaces warm surface water
10. pulls the high wave crests down, causing them to crash into the ocean floor
16. the highest point of a wave
19. tides tides with the maximum daily tidal range that occur during the new and full moons.