Exam 10: Waves

What causes ocean waves to form?

What happens when a tsunami approaches the shore?

What causes a tsunami? Compare the losses due to the Indonesian (2004) and Japan (2011) earthquakes. How could the loss of life and property have been minimized?

What is not an important factor for the development of wind waves?

When does a wave begin to interact with its bottom?

What type of wave is categorized as a deep-water wave?

What factors are needed in wind wave development? What occurs after these waves develop?

What remains unchanged regardless of depth?

Why is a storm surge not considered a progressive wave?

The restoring force for capillary waves, like most ocean waves, is gravity.

What can not initiate a seiche?

Another term for a storm surge is a storm seiche due to the amount of water forced ashore.

The water mass moving through a seismic sea wave can reach speeds of 760 kilometers per hour.

The destruction of the 2004 tsunami near Indonesia came from a series of waves rather than a single seismic wave.

What is the process of wave separation?

What is a characteristic of a tsunami?

Multiple wave trains exist at the same time and can interact with each other.

Why does wave refraction occur?

What kind of waves occur at the boundary between two fluid media?

What occurs when waves hit an obstacle straight on?