Tiny particles of iron-bearing magnetic minerals, such as ______, act as a compass needle at mid-ocean ridges when magma erupts and cools recording Earth’s magnetic field.

The energy that drives the longshore currents is derived from ____.

 Which of the following best describes the foreshore of a beach?

In the world model of atmospheric circulation, the ____ cells are located nearest to the equator.

A sand spit forms when ____.

  Though it is difficult to generalize for the ocean as a whole, the bottom of the euphotic zone is about ____ deep in mid-latitudes.

  Cells of the ____ domain are larger than those of the ____ domain.

Waves tend to be parallel to the shore when they break due to the process of ____.

  A transverse current is a ____.

  The only ocean current that continues in an uninterrupted circle around the circumference of Earth without encountering land is the ____.