Types
Huge destructive wave caused by undersea earthquake or landslide
What is Tsunami?
action of waves that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited
What is erosion?
Top part of the wave
What is crest?
An area of shallow water
What is a shoal?
the time it takes for one wavelength to travel to a specific point
What is wave period?
a large wave caused by the funneling of a flood tide as it enters a long, narrow, shallow inle
What is tidal bore?
Carves out rocky coastlines
What are ocean waves?
Bottom part of the wave
What is trough?
small waves that cause the ocean surface to be rough
What is chop?
The distance the wave travels divided by the time it takes to travel that distance. Wave speed is determined by dividing the wavelength by the wave period
What is wave speed?
Large, unexpected and suddenly appearing surface waves that can be extremely dangerous, even to large ships such as ocean liners
What is rogue waves?
concentrates wave energy or disperses it
What is wave refraction?
Distance between one crest and another
What is wavelength?
a small wave with a foamy crest
What is a whitecap?
The time between when the first part of the wave starts and the last part finishes
What is duration?
Smooth rising and falling of the ocean surface that forms as waves move away from the storm center where they are created
What are swells?
Our observations of the earth from space are also dependent on this
What are Ocean Waves?
The number of waves passing a fixed point in a specific amount of time
What is frequency?
a heavy sea wave that breaks into white foam on the shore or a shoal
What is a breaker?
The time taken by the particle for one complete oscillation
What is oscillation period
Surface gravity waves with frequencies lower than the wind waves
What are Infra-gravity waves?
An event that happened on March 11, 2011 in Tohoku, Japan
What is a tsunami?
The uninterrupted area or distance over which the wind blows
What is fetch?
when two waves meet while traveling along the same medium
What is wave interference?
angular displacement of any element of the wave per unit of time