10 Flashcards
Wavelength is determined by
Horizontal distance between two wave crests
Tidal waves are
Relatively harmless waves associated with the tides
The damage from a tsunami is
Nonexistent to ships at sea but enormous on land
The time is takes for a wave to move a distance of one wavelength
Wave period
Wave you surf on in California may have come from pacific. What has been transmitted
Energy
Region or zone between the breaking waves and the shore is the
Surf zone
Waves that move through water that is deeper than one half of the wavelength are known as
Deep water waves
Wave reflection
Bouncing back from hitting something f
A wave that cannot feel the bottom is
Deep water wave
2 types of waves that are almost always deep water waves
Capillary and wind
The factors necessary to make a really large wind wave are
Wind strength, wind duration, fetch
The abrupt bulge of water driven ashore by a tropical cyclone is
Storm surge
Smallest wavelength to longest wavelength
Capillary, wind, tsunami, tides
Orbital wave
Particles move in closed circles as wave passes
Wave refraction
Slowing and bending of waves in shallow water