Shorelines: boundry where a body of water meets the adjacent dry land coast region, boardering a body of water.
Waves:
  1.) Characteristics
    a.) crests
    b.) troughs
    c.) wave height verticle measurement between crest and trough
    d.) wave length: distance between 2 adjacent waves
    e.) wave's period: time it takes for 1 wave length to pass a stationary point
    f.) wave velocity: speed of which an individual wave travels
  2.) Movement
    a.) factors
      1.) wind speed and direction
      2.) wind time and length
      3.) fetch: distance wind travels over open water
    b.) oscillatory motion: motion of open ocean waves following a circular path (this is what allows surfers to bob up and down in deep water)
    c.) wave base: depth where oscillatory motion dies out = 1/2 wave length
    d.) transitory motion: water moving forward in wave form
    e.) breaker zone: area where the water moves through transitory motion (AKA Surf Zone)
    f.) surf: low foamy water in breaking wave>br>     g.) swash: water that hurtles up beach as wave breaks
    h.) backwash: water returns to ocean (Kind of like when your friend backwashes in your coke)