waves and tides_Johnny

Which of the following factors most significantly increases the energy of waves in open water?

• Wind speed and wind direction
  

• Wind speed and fetch

• Fetch and air temperature

• Wind duration and water temperature

What happens when strong winds blow over the ocean for an extended period of time?

• Waves become smaller and less frequent
  

• The water temperature increases significantly

• Tides become higher than normal

• Waves grow taller and more powerful

Which of the following best describes neap tides?

• High tides are higher and low tides are lower than average
  

• High and low tides are equal in height

• High tides are lower and low tides are higher than average

• There are no noticeable tides during neap tides

What causes spring tides to have the largest tidal range?

• The Sun, Moon, and Earth are aligned

• The Earth is rotating faster than usual

• The Moon is furthest from the Earth

• 
  The Moon and Sun are at right angles to Earth
  

Which of the following coastal areas would experience one high tide and one low tide per day?

• An area with neap tides

• An area with semidiurnal tides
  

• An area with mixed tides

• An area with diurnal tides

What happens to waves as they approach the shore and become breaking waves?

• They decrease in height but increase in speed

• They maintain the same speed and height

• They slow down, grow taller, and eventually break

• They increase in speed and energy
  

Which type of wave moves the medium’s particles perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling?

• Transverse wave
  

• Longitudinal wave

• Tidal wave

• Circular wave

The tidal range is defined as:

• The height of the water during high tide

• 
  The difference between high and low tide

• The distance between successive high tides

• The height of the waves during a storm

As wind speed increases, what happens to the ocean waves?

• 
  They grow larger and further apart
  

• They become weaker and lose energy

• They disappear altogether

• They become smaller and closer together

If wind blows over a large fetch for a long period, what is likely to happen?

• Small, weak waves will form

• Tides will become neap tides

• 
  Large, powerful waves will develop
  
  

• Waves will stop moving