Tides Quiz

After the waves have moved away from the wind or storm that formed them, they settle into _______.

• quarks

• swells

• sea stacks

• stumps

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What do swells carry, long distances across ocean basins.

• water

• energy

• sailors

• whales

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What are evenly spaced waves with smooth rounded crests and troughs.

• swells

• protons

• quasars

• tacks

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Wave energy is dissipated when water particles stop moving because of ____________.

• radiation

• heat

• light

• restoring forces.

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A restoring force is a force that causes the water surface to go back to its __________________.

• ocean

• undisturbed state.

• planet

• orbit

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There are only_____________restoring forces—surface tension and gravity.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What is the highest point of a wave is called?

• peak

• trough

• crest

• low

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What is the lowest point in a wave is called?

• peak

• trough

• crest

• low

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The height of a wave from the top of the crest to the bottom of the trough is the__________ of the wave.

• wavelength

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

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The wave________is the time it takes for two consecutive crests or troughs to pass a point.

• line

• x

• comma

• period

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