Properties of Waves

The movement of waves in the middle of the ocean is normally:

• static

• vertical

• circular

• horizontal

Waves move in two dimensions because:

• waves must always occur in water

• all waves move in two dimensions

• only light can move in three dimensions

• they are always in a contained body of water

Crest is to high as trough is to:

• low

• fast

• time

• shallow

If a wave were 10 feet high, how much would the amplitude be?

• 4 feet

• 5 feet

• 10 feet

• 20 feet

A wave’s velocity often includes the direction in which it is traveling.

• True

• False

During reflection, waves are sent:

• into the atmosphere

• in several directions at once

• in a direction parallel to the tide

• in the direction from which they came

In waves, refraction occurs when:

• waves meet a solid object

• a new surface is introduced

• there is a change in the depth of the water

• the temperature of the water changes unexpectedly

All of the following could cause diffraction, except:

• a large ship

• another wave

• a small island

• a protruding rock

In the context of fluid dynamics, interference refers to:

• the results of two waves meeting

• anything that changes the course of a wave

• the consequences of waves hitting the shore

• the effect of different mediums of waves interacting

Rogue waves puzzle scientists because:

• only fishermen have experienced them

• there are no documented cases of rogue waves

• they occur exclusively in otherwise still waters of major oceans

• they are larger than the law of conservation of energy suggests is possible