Intro to Wave Energy and Motion

A disturbance that starts a wave

(Wind, earthquakes, and landslides)

• generating force

• restoring force

• amplitude

• wave cancellation

A force that causes the water surface to go back to its undisturbed state.

(Surface tension & gravity)

• generating force

• restoring force

• amplitude

• wave cancellation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

small waves or ripples on the surface of the water

(Caused by friction between wind and water; smallest wind driven waves)

• capillary waves

• tsunamis

• swells

• wave reinforcement

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Evenly spaced waves with smooth rounded crests and troughs (they carry energy long distances across ocean basins)

• capillary waves

• tsunamis

• swells

• wave reinforcement

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Long-wavelength, shallow-water, progressive waves caused by the rapid displacement of ocean water (earthquakes and other seismic disturbance of the sea floor) They carry great amounts of energy and are hard to track across open water

• capillary waves

• tsunamis

• swells

• wave reinforcement

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Highest point of a wave

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

Lowest point of a wave

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

one half of the wave height

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Horizontal distance between the crests or between the troughs of two adjacent waves

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

the time it takes one wavelength to pass a given point

• wave period

• frequency

• wave cancellation

• wave reinforcement

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1