4.1
The highest point of a wave is called the ____________.
What is a crest?
Points of maximum vertical displacement in a standing wave
What are antinodes?
A tide with two high and two low tides of unequal size each day
What is a Mixed Semidiurnal Tide?
The vertical distance from crest to trough is called ____________.
What is amplitude?
Waves that oscillate in place without forward movement; formed by reflection
What are standing waves?
A sudden surge of water moving up a river or estuary caused by an incoming tide
What is a tidal bore?
Waves transport ____________, not water.
What is energy?
Seismic sea waves caused by underwater earthquakes or landslides; very long wavelength
What are tsunamis?
A tide with one high and one low tide each day
What is a diurnal tide?
Point of no vertical displacement in a standing wave
What is a Node?
Bending of waves as they approach shore at an angle due to changes in speed
What is refracted?
Calculate the tidal range:
High = 0.56
Low = 0.46
What is 0.10?
What is the main source of energy for most ocean waves?
What are waves?
Waves that oscillate in place rather than progress forward are called __________.
What are standing waves?
What is the tidal range:
Low Tide = 0.12
High Tide = 0.76
What is 0.64?