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Question 1

What are wind waves?

Answer 1

Generated by wind blowing at the considered position

Question 2

Swell waves?

Answer 2

Former wind waves that have travelled out’ve the are of generation, or the wind has stopped

Question 3

Speed, knots, is the speed of movement of the wave crest through the water. How is it calculated?

Answer 3

speed kts= 3.1 x Period s

Question 4

What do the characteristics of waves depend on?

Answer 4

wind speed

Question 5

What is the length of a wave?

Answer 5

The distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next wave.

Question 6

What is the height of a wave?

Answer 6

The vertical distance between crest and trough of a wave.

Question 7

Height, Length, Speed and Period _________ as waves grow with increasing wind speed, duration, and
fetch

Answer 7

Increases

Question 8

Waves break at a steepness of approximately _______, dissipating energy, and do not achieve greater
steepness.

Answer 8

1:13

Question 9

how high is the waves if they’re calm?

Answer 9

0m

Question 10

how high is the waves if they’re rippled?

Answer 10

0-0.1m

Question 11

how high is the waves if they’re smooth?

Answer 11

0.1-0.5m

Question 12

how high is the waves if they’re slight?

Answer 12

0.5-1.25m

Question 13

how high is the waves if they’re moderate?

Answer 13

1.25-2.5m

Question 14

how high is the waves if they’re rough?

Answer 14

2.5-4m

Question 15

how high is the waves if they’re very rough?

Answer 15

4-6m

Question 16

how high is the waves if they’re high?

Answer 16

6-9m

Question 17

how high is the waves if they’re very high?

Answer 17

9-14m

Question 18

how high is the waves if they’re phenomenal?

Answer 18

> 14m