Waves Chapter 4 Marine Science

Which of the following is not a generating force for a wave?

• Wind

• Earthquake

• Gravity

• Landslides

• Ice breaking off from glaciers

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The smallest wind-generated waves are called:

• Capillary waves.

• Puddles.

• Rogue waves.

• Swells.

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. _______ are evenly spaced waves with smoothly rounded crests and troughs.

• Capillary waves

• Standing waves

• Swells

• Tsunamis

What is A?

• period of a wave

• Frequency

• Wave length

• Wave amplitude

• Still water line

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A(n) _______ force is a force that causes the water surface to go back to its undisturbed state

• Initiating

• Returning

• Repairing

• Restoring

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A wave has two different types of energy:

• Kinetic and physical.

• Potential and kinetic.

• Potential and mechanical.

• Potential and chemical.

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. A deep water wave:

• Travels in water deeper than one-half of its wavelength.

• Travels from the coast out to the open ocean

• Can only originate in the Southern Ocean.

• Travels in water shallower than one-twentieth its wavelength.

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The _______ is the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs.

• . Wavelength

• . Period

• Amplitude

• Crest

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Tsunamis are

• Caused by hurricanes

• . Waves that only travel in coastal waters.

• Caused by wind and restored by gravity

• Shallow water waves caused by earthquakes.

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Label B is the _____________?

• Crest

• Haloclines

• Trough

• Thermoclines

• still water line

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