Harris Marine Unit 3 Vocab

What is the highest point of a wave?

• Swells

• Crest

• Trough

• Node

What is the lowest point of a wave?

• Node

• Crest

• Trough

• Swells

What is the maximum displacement or distance moved by a point on a vibrating body or wave measured from its equilibrium position?

• Period

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is the time it takes one wavelength or two consecutive troughs to pass by a fixed position?

• Amplitude

• Period

• Frequency

• Wavelength

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What is the number of waves passing a point in a given amount of time, usually expressed as waves per second?

• Amplitude

• Period

• Frequency

• Wavelength

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What type of waves travel across a body of water where depth is greater than half the wavelength?

• Longshore currents

• Deep water waves

• Shallow water waves

• Capillary waves

What is the distance between two points of the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave?

• Amplitude

• Period

• Frequency

• Wavelength

A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.

• Hurricane

• Tsunami

• Tornado

• Earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

If the waves at the surface are at depths that allow the waves to be affected by the interaction of the wave with the sea or ocean floor.

• Shallow Water Waves

• Deep Water Waves

• Tsunamis

• Hurricanes

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A tide that has one high and one low tide in a 24 hour period is called?

• Diurnal

• Semidiurnal

• Mixed semidiurnal