Ocean Waves

Which of the following is not a factor affecting wave height?

• direction wind is blowing
• wind speed
• length of time wind is blowing
• distance wind is blowing

What is represented at point 1?

• wave height
• wavelength
• crest
• trough

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is represented at point 2?

• wave height
• wavelength
• crest
• trough

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What is represented at point 3?

• wave height
• wavelength
• crest
• trough

What is represented at point 4?

• wave height
• wavelength
• crest
• trough

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which statement correctly describes the motion of water particles due to the action of waves?

• they travel from one crest to another
• they move in opposite direction of the wave
• they rise and fall in a circular motion
• they move back and forth

Waves that move in water less than 1/2 their wavelength

• Deep Water Waves

• Shallow Water Waves

• Open Ocean Waves

• Tsunami

Tides are caused by

• strong winds that blow over ocean waters.
• the interaction of Earth, the moon and the sun.
• the shifting of the plates on the ocean floor.
• variations in the salinity of ocean water

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Surface ocean currents are generated mostly by

• the Coriolis effect
• water density
• tides
• wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Stronger winds create __________ waves.

• larger
• smaller

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1