Fill in the Blanks Movement of the OceanOnline version Select the correct word to fill in the blanks. by Virtual School Bahamas 1 Most of the is found in the oceans . Water moves from one ocean to the other in rivers called . Ocean currents are parts of the surface layer of the ocean that move continuously in a particular forming rivers in the ocean . Wind blowing over the surface of the ocean transfers energy to the water and causes to form . Waves are the alternating rising and falling of . Tides are the alternate rise and fall of the and seas and the bodies of water that are connected to them . These changes in the surface level of the ocean are caused by the force of the moon acting on the oceans and seas . The force of gravity is on the parts of the earth closest to the moon and on the parts of the earth farthest form the moon . Water on the side of earth nearest the moon is pulled away from Earth by gravitational force . On the side of the earth farthest from the moon , the solid earth is closer to the moon than the water resulting in the earth being pulled more toward the moon than the water . This causes a tidal . The highest tides occur when the moon and the sun are in line with Earth . The motion of the ocean causes and erosion to the shoreline .
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