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Worksheets7.2 Waves
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
A disturbance moving forward
noise
wave
crest
trough
What causes waves?
noise
wind
tides
earthquakes
What is y?
trough
crest
wavelength
amplitude
What is A?
crest
trough
wavelength
amplitude
What is B?
Crest
Trough
amplitude
Wavelength
What is D?
crest
trough
amplitude
wavelength
Which of the following is best described as the number of waves in a time period?
amplitude
frequency
wave period
wavelength
What is a wave period?
distance between two crests
distance from trough to crest
amount of time for a wave to pass a point
amount of time to move up and down with a wave
How deep under a wave do you dive to miss all the particle movement?
1/2 wavelength
below the trough
deeper than the amplitude
1/2 amplitude
The size of a wave depends on?
Fetch
strength of wind
size of ocean
amount of time wind blows
Which of the following best describes the amount of water that winds blow over?
area
volume
fetch
wave period
What happens when the crests of two waves meet?
nothing
the crests get smaller
the trough gets bigger
the crests get taller
What happens when a wave crest meets a wave trough?
large wave
tsunami
ocean flattens out
rip current
What can be created by an underwater earthquake?
wave train
tsunami
fetch
Beaufort winds
