Parts of a Wave
The highest point of a wave
What is crest?
The current that is more dense
What is deep current?
The average surface level of a body of water
What is sea level?
Another name for a spring tide
What is a high tide?
What is a Low Tide?
The lowest point of a wave
What is trough?
The currents created by wind blowing over the ocean's surface
What is surface currents?
A large and strong wave caused by an underwater earthquake
What is tsunami?
A spring tide has the _______ tidal range
What is largest?
Neap tides create the _______ gravitational pull
What is weakest?
What is wavelength?
Two of the factors that drive currents
What are density, temperature, and salinity?
Ripples that form on the surface of the ocean
What are capillary waves?
The water level is _______ during a spring tide
What is highest?
The water level is the ________ during a neap tide
What is lowest?
What is wave height?
The direction air deflects in the Northern hemisphere
What is right/clockwise?
One natural method to reduce wave erosion
What are dunes or barrier beaches?
The moon phases that a spring tide occurs during
What are Full Moon and New Moon?
The moon phases that a neap tide occurs during
What are First and Third Quarter?
The distance between the sea level and the crest
What is amplitude?
When air deflects toward the Northern and Southern hemisphere
What is Coriolis Effect?
What is a groin?
The greatest gravitational pull happens when _______, _______, and ________ are in line
What are The Sun, The Moon, and The Earth?
For a neap tide to occur, the Sun, Moon, and Earth have to be at a _______ angle
What is 90 degree?