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You should recognize and understand the meaning of all terms that are in boldface type in the text. All those terms are defined in the Glossary. The following are some less familiar key scientific terms that are used in this chapter and that are essential to know and be able to use in classroom discussions or exam answers.
- back-scattered
- brines
- chaotic
- chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
- coastal downwelling
- coastal upwelling
- coastline
- communities
- contours
- convection
- convection cells
- convergence
- Coriolis effect
- cum sole
- currents
- density
- diffusion
- divergence
- downwelled
- dynamic height
- eastern boundary currents
- eddies
- Ekman transport
- El Niño
- fossil fuel
- friction
- front
- geostrophic
- gravity
- gyres
- half-life
- hydrothermal vents
- ice age
- in situ
- internal waves
- intertropical convergence zone
- kinetic energy
- Langmuir circulation
- latitudes
- meanders
- mixed layer
- nutrients
- ozone
- phytoplankton
- phytotrophic
- potential energy
- pressure gradient
- radioactive isotope
- radionuclides
- salinity
- sediment
- shore
- species
- stratified
- subtropical gyres
- surface tension
- suspended sediments
- synoptic
- thermohaline circulation
- tides
- topography
- trade wind
- upwelling
- wavelengths
- weather
- westerly
- western boundary currents
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