Vocabulary
Types of Waves
Waves & the Environment
Weather effecting waves
Miscellaneous
100

The area over which the wind blows.

What is fetch.

100
Pitches through the air before splashing into the bottom
What is plunging breakers
100
Waves break at this point
What is a 1:7 H/L ratio
100
Storm surges occur during this
What is a hurricane
100
Another name for deep water waves
What are wind waves
200
a result of a sudden water displacement caused by a natural disaster
What is a tsunami
200
Top of the wave tumbles and slides down the front as it decelerates slowly
What is spilling breakers
200
Allows waves to form past an obstacle
What is wave diffraction
200
Tsunamis are caused by these
What are earthquakes, landslides,
200
The top of a wave
What is the crest
300
Form of standing wave that can be destructive
What is a seiche
300
No threat in deep water, only dangerous in shallow water
What is a tsunami
300
Waves maintain most of their energy and bounce backs towards open water
What is reflection
300
Seiches are caused by this
What is earthquakes and strong winds
300
There are ____ types of breaking waves
What are 3 types
400
High winds push water against the shore
What is storm surges
400
Do not lose much energy and little to no bottom contact
What is surging breakers
400
happens when waves approach the shore at an angle
What is wave refraction
400
Biggest storm surges occur here
What is the Gulf Coast
400
Maximum vertical change in a wave
What is the anti-node
500
Like coffee sloshing back and forth in a cup
What is a standing wave
500
Water rises and falls at the ends but motionless in the middle
What is a standing wave
500
Only forms in bays and lakes
What is a seiche
500
Seiches first observed here
What is Lake Geneva, Switzerland
500
There are ____ overall wave typess
What are 6 types
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