Waves
Currents
Tides
Parts of a Wave
100

What is the movement of energy through a body of water

What is a wave?

100

What are the two main types of currents?

What is surface currents and deep currents?

100

What are the 2 types of tides that are defined by the moon's position?

What is spring and neap tide?
100

What is a crest?

What is the highest point of a wave?

200

What creates waves?

What is wind blowing over the surface of water?

200

What are surface currents affected by?

What is wind?
200

What are the 2 types of tides that occur twice every day?

What is high and low tide?

200

What is the trough of a wave?

What is the lowest point of a wave?
300
Waves are caused by wind, earthquakes, and the gravitational force of the ____ and ____
What is the Moon and the Sun?
300

How fast do deep currents move?

What is slow?

300

_____ diurnal high tides occur twice a day.

What is semi-diurnal tides?

300
How is wave height measured?

What is the vertical distance from crest to trough?

400

In a wave, _____ _____ move up and down without moving forward and backward

What is water molecules?

400

Is there a difference between a riptide and a rip current?

What is yes?

400
If a high tide happens at 12 p.m., how long will it be until the next high tide?

What is 12 a.m.?

400

How is wavelength measured?

What is the horizontal distance from crest to crest or trough to trough?

500

Waves have a rhythmic movement with definite _______

What is wavelength?

500

What are the 3 characteristics of a deep ocean current?

What is cold, deep, and higher salinity?

500

How many semi-diurnal high and low tides happen during the day?

What is 4 times?
500
What is the difference between wavelength and wave height?

What is wavelength is the distance horizontally from crest to crest or trough to trough and wave height is the vertical distance from crest to trough?

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