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What is the classification of sediment?
Particle Size & Composition
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What is sustainability?
Meeting the resource needs of the current generation without impairing future generations from meeting their needs.
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What is wave frequency?
The amount of waves that will go past a fixed point overtime.
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What is salinity?
Total amount of dissolved solids found in seawater.
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What are the factors that influence the density of water?
Salt and temperature.
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What is stratigraphy?
The study of the layers that are lifted from crust core samples.
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What is bycatch
The accidental catch or the fish you kill when trying to catch a different kind.
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What is a disturbing force?
The force that causes a wave to occur.
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What is osmosis?
The movement of particles from an area of high water concentration to low concentration.
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What is coral bleaching?
When water temperature increases, coral sheds algae and coral becomes white and dies.
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What is Silicious & Calcareous Ooze?
Remnants of micro organisms
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What is commercial extinction?
When there is so few left of a species that it is not economically with it to catch them.
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What is restoring force?
The dominant force trying to return water to flatness after formation of a wave.
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What is the Rule of Constant Proportions?
The rule that states the same amount of salt that goes into the ocean must cycle out.
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What is a deconstructive wave?
When two water masses collide and fall back, canceling each other out.
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