Characteristics of waves
Highest point of the waves
What is the crest?
Waves that are generated by wind and restored by gravity.
What are progressive waves?
Force from an ________ or ___________creates long waves that travel away from them and travel far distances.
what are earthquakes and volcanic activity?
Waves are formed on the _____
What is surface?
The largest wave ever recorded was:
A. 4,000 ft
B. 1,720 ft
C. 500 ft
B. 1,720 ft
Lowest point of the wave
What is the trough
The height if these waves increase with wind speed
What are deep water waves?
Earthquakes are caused by __________ plate boundaries that soon lead to a tsunami
What is convergent ?
Waves are caused by ____ allowing them to move through water
What is wind?
What is a square wave called?
A. Cross Sea
B. Square Sea
C. Box Wave
A. Cross sea
Height from trough to crest
What is waveheight?
These waves are formed in the surf zone
What are breaker waves?
In 2004 the ________ was considered one of the deadliest disasters
Indian Ocean Tsunami
Winds can only form ______
What are surface waves?
The waves would not exist is what didn’t exist?
A. Sand
B. Boats
C. The Moon
C. The moon
Distance from the center of wave to the bottom of the trough
What is amplitude?
Theses waves are sometimes caused by earthquakes.
What are Tidal Waves
This process occurs when a tsunamis hits shallow water
What is wave shoaling?
Waves are formed by the pull of what two things?
What is sun and moon?
Which animal uses sound waves to echo locate?
A. Beluga Whale
B. Bull Shark
C. Jellyfish
A. Beluga Whale
Ration of wave height to wavelength
What is wave steepness?
These waves move at the speed of light
What are electromagnetic waves?
Tsunami is the Japanese word for…
What is harbor wave?
A series of waves can cause ____
What are hurricanes?
Using the breaking of waves, seabirds such as pelicans use the waves to stay aloft in the ocean in order to migrate. Doing this conserves what percent if energy for them?
A. 80-95
B. 60-70
C. 10-20
B. 60-70