10 Flashcards

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Wavelength is determined by

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Horizontal distance between two wave crests

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Tidal waves are

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Relatively harmless waves associated with the tides

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The damage from a tsunami is

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Nonexistent to ships at sea but enormous on land

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3
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The time is takes for a wave to move a distance of one wavelength

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Wave period

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4
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Wave you surf on in California may have come from pacific. What has been transmitted

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Energy

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5
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Region or zone between the breaking waves and the shore is the

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Surf zone

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6
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Waves that move through water that is deeper than one half of the wavelength are known as

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Deep water waves

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7
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Wave reflection

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Bouncing back from hitting something f

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A wave that cannot feel the bottom is

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Deep water wave

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2 types of waves that are almost always deep water waves

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Capillary and wind

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The factors necessary to make a really large wind wave are

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Wind strength, wind duration, fetch

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The abrupt bulge of water driven ashore by a tropical cyclone is

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Storm surge

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12
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Smallest wavelength to longest wavelength

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Capillary, wind, tsunami, tides

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13
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Orbital wave

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Particles move in closed circles as wave passes

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14
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Wave refraction

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Slowing and bending of waves in shallow water

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