Why Do Boats Make This Shape?

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main reason that wakes from different objects like ducks and ships look similar?
The water is always calm.
The dispersion of water waves causes similar patterns.
They all create waves of the same size.
They all move at the same speed.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does a boat create a V-shaped wake?
By moving at the same speed as the water waves.
By moving faster than the water waves.
By not moving at all.
By moving slower than the water waves.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens to the shape of the wake when the boat moves faster than the waves?
The wake becomes narrower.
The wake becomes wider.
The wake becomes circular.
The wake disappears.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do faster water waves create wider wakes?
Because they have shorter wavelengths.
Because they travel slower.
Because they have longer wavelengths.
Because they are more powerful.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What determines the specific angles and spacings of the wakes?
The size of the boat.
The speed of the boat.
The depth of the water.
Water's dispersion relation.
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