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The angle of the Sun's rays striking the Earth's surface greatly affects the
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All of these
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Ocean waves refract due to
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Shallow water
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At what water depth is an ocean wave affected by the ocean floor?
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At the depth equal to one-half the wave's wavelength
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Deep ocean currents flow in a circulation pattern that is
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North to south
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The greenhouse effect gets its name from the florist's greenhouse, where glass prevents reradiated solar energy from escaping. Glass is transparent to visible waves, and opaque to ultraviolet and infrared. Glass acts as a sort of one-way valve, allowing
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Visible light to enter, and preventing longer waves from leaving
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The Earth's oceans likely evolved
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The Earth's oceans likely evolved
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The ionosphere
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Is produced by the action of solar radiation and atmospheric atoms.
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The main reason ocean tides exist is that the pull of the Moon
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Is greater on oceans closer to the Moon and less on oceans farther from the Moon.
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Suppose the Moon had twice as much mass as it now does and still orbits the Earth at the same distance. In that case, the ocean bulges on Earth would be
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Larger
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At lower elevations the air is generally
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Warm and heavy
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Earth's original atmosphere was
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Obliterated after the birth of the Sun
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Water movement in a wave in the surf zone is characterized by
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Steepend wave hieght and shorter wave lenth
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The Earth's earliest atmosphere was most likely composed of hydrogen, helium,
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Methane and ammonia
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The Ekman transport spiral is driven
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By the wind
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In the tropics, the trade winds drive equatorial ocean currents
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Westward
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