waves

Question 1

How does the wind create waves?

Answer 1

Frictional drag

Question 2

What determines the size and energy of waves?

Answer 2

Length of a fetch

Question 3

Whats a prevailing wind direction?

Answer 3

Direction the wind is travelling

Question 4

Swell waves

Answer 4

Low and slow

Question 5

Storm waves

Answer 5

Tall and fast

Question 6

What movement do waves travel in

Answer 6

Orbital

Question 7

Constructive waves have a … wavelength and … frequency

Answer 7

Long
Low

Question 8

How many waves per minute- constructive

Answer 8

8-10

Question 9

Constructive waves have … swash and … backwash

Answer 9

Strong
Weak

Question 10

How many waves per minute- Destructive

Answer 10

10-14

Question 11

How do destructive waves gain height?

Answer 11

When they break

Question 12

What do destructive waves take away from the beach

Answer 12

Sediment and material

Question 13

How does wave refraction work?

Answer 13

Waves break onto an irregularly shaped coastline

Question 14

What is a tide cycle?

Answer 14

Periodic rise and fall of the sea surface produced by gravitational pull

Question 15

Longshore currents

Answer 15

Waves approach the coastline at an angle, this transfers sediment parallel to the shoreline

Question 16

Rip currents

Answer 16

Strong currents moving away from the shoreline as a result of buildup seawater, hazardous for swimmers

Question 17

Warm ocean

Answer 17

Currents transfer heat from low latitudes to high latitudes

Question 18

Cold ocean

Answer 18

Currents from high to low latitudes

Question 19

Whats a sub-ariel process

Answer 19

collective term for weathering and mass movement