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- 1Define: SwashBody of water pushing up a beach after a wave has broken.
- 2Define: BackwashThe movement of water back down a beach after a wave has reached its highest point.
- 3Define: Ocean CurrentThe flow of a large body of water in an ocean.
- 4Define: Prevailing WindThe most frequently occurring wind direction in an area.
- 5Define: Storm SurgeHigh onshore winds and tides combine to give unusually high sea levels.
- 6Define: Solar radiationRadiation emitted from the sun.
- 7Define: ConductionTransfer of heat loss or gain through direct contact.
- 8Define: ConvectionTransfer of heat through convective (Circuit like) movement of air.
- 9Define: Terrestrial radiationRadiation emitted from the earth.
- 10Define: Trade windsSurface prevailing winds which blow from subtropical high pressure cells towards the Equator
- 11Define: Advection fogFog created when warm moist air comes into contact with a cold surface.
- 12Define: Inversion layerAir layer where temperature rises rather than falls with height.
- 13Define: Inter-tropical convergence zonean area of rising air, low pressure, converging surface Trade Winds and high temperatures coincident with the Equator.
- 14Define: Coriolis forceDeflection of global winds by the rotation of the earth.
- 15Define: Polar FrontBoundary abnout 50-60 Degrees N&S of the equator where cool air from the poles meets warm air from the subtropical high pressure cells producing rain.
- 16Define: AlveolesSmall hollows, 5-50cm in size, occurring in clusters or honeycombs with thin partitions strengthened by case hardening.
- 17Define: TafoniHollows a few meters across with arch-shaped entrances, often developed along lines of weaknesses such as joints and bedding planes.
- 18Define: Case hardeningA hard layer of salt-encrusted rock formed where salts have been drawn to the surface by capillary action.
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