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| The ratio of wave height to wavelength is called the |
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| The time it takes for a fullwave to pass a stationary object is called the wave |
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| Celerity of deep water waves is equal to |
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| wavelength divided by the period |
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| Celerity of a wave train is equal to |
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| Half the celerity of individual waves |
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| The circular motion of water molecules extends to a depth that is equal to |
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| A deep-water wave occurs when the water depth is greater than or equal to |
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| A shallow water wave occurs when the water depth is equal to |
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| The celerity of a shallow water wave is proportional to |
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| the speed of a deep water wave is proportional to |
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| the high of a wave depends upon |
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| fetch, wind duration, and wind speed |
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| the distance over which wind blows without interruption |
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| an internal wave might form |
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| at a density boundary within the ocean |
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| as a wave begins to feel bottom near a shoreline, its wave height |
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| increases and wavelength decreases |
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| Constructive interference results in larger waves while destructive interference produces |
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| a wave will finally break when |
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| the ratio of wave height to water depth equals 3:4 |
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| waves that are moving faster than local wind and are sorted out by wavelength are called |
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| waves that are breaking along the shore and are forming a curling crest over an air pocket are called |
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| if a surfer wishes to have a really love ride, what type of wave should he or she look for? |
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| A tsunami may result from |
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| tectonic activity on the seafloor |
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| the first wave that forms when the wind begins to blow across the ocean is called |
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| uniform, symmetrical deep water waves that form when wind speed diminishes around the margin of the ocean basin |
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| In general, the restoring force for waves is |
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| in wave literature, the term sea refers to |
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| area where waves are generated by a storm |
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| When the wave approaches the shore its period |
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| sorting of waves by their wavelengths is |
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| spilling breakers are the result of |
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| plunging breakers are the result of |
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| moderately sloping seafloors |
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| surging breakers are the result of |
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| steepest sloping sea floors |
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| beaufort wind scare relates to |
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| two forces that cause tides are |
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| centrifugal and gravitational |
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| the center of mass of the earth-moon system is called the |
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| the tide-generating force varies |
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| inversely with the cube of the distance between the objects |
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| the tide generating foce varies |
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| directly with the product of the object masses |
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| compared with a solar day, a lunar day is |
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| The angular distance of the orbital plane of the sun or moon above or below the earth’s equatorial plane is called the |
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| has very high high tides and very low low tides |
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| low high tides and high low tides |
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| when the moon is at quadrature |
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| when the earth is at its greatest distance from the sun, it is said to be at |
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| The side of the earth that faces the moon experiences a high tide, the side of the earth that is opposite from the moon with have a |
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| the vertical difference between high and low tides is called the |
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| Tidal ranges will be the greatest when the earth and the moon are at |
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| the center of an open ocean tidal system is called an |
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| an area that experiences semidiurnal tides will have |
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| two high tides and two low tides of nearly equal height daily |
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| an area that experiences diurnal tides will have |
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| one high tide and one low tide daily |
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| The most common tidal pattern around the world are |
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| The Bay of Fundy is well known for which tidal characteristic |
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| The wave formed on a river by the flood tide current is called a |
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| Water flowing out of an enclosed basin due to the tides is called |
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| Water flowing into an enclosed basin due to the tides is called |
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| Cotidal lines connect points on the rotary wave that experience |
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| high tide at the same time |
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| Corange circles are lines connecting points that experience the same |
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| Amphidormic systems rotate ____ in the southern and ___ in the northern |
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| clock wise and counter clockwise |
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| In an amphidromic system, the wave progresses about a ____ (novertical displacement) with the ___ (maximum vertical displacement) rotating about the basins edges |
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| Tidal resonance occurs if the period of the basin is similar to |
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