Wind waves grow from ____________ ____________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)


capillary waves

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Anthony Giddens is a proponent of “dialogic democracy.” Describe dialogic democracy and explain how it might apply to the environment.

What will be an ideal response?

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The hot, desert air of the Sahara often contains ____ water vapor than the cold, polar air farther north, therefore has a ____ specific humidity

a. less; lower b. less; higher c. less; similar d. more; higher e. more; lower

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Where are the large floating regions of trash in all oceans of the world where plastics outnumber marine organisms several times over located?

A) Along equatorial countercurrents B) In areas of Ekman transport C) In foreshore regions D) In subtropical gyres E) Near the poles

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Waves in the surf zone begin to behave like shallow-water waves when ________

A) distance from shore < wavelength B) steepness = 1:7 C) water depth = wave height D) water depth = wavelength/20 E) wavelength < wave height

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