C3.3 Flashcards

1
Q

considered as disturbances on water surface due to the interaction between a generating force and restoring force.

A

waves

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2
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  • the disturbing force or a pulse of energy being introduced ot the water surface.
A

Generating force

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3
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  • the force that causes the water to return to its undisturbed surface level.
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Restoring force

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4
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  • _____is the restoring force of___ waves while ____ is the restoring force of___ waves.
A

Surface tension ; small
Earth’s gravity; large

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5
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  • part of the wave that is elevated the highest above.
A

Crest

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6
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  • part of the wave that is depressed the lowest below the
    surface.
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Trough

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7
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  • distance between two successive crest or trough.
A

Wavelength

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8
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  • the vertical distance from the top of the crest to the bottom of the trough.
A

Wave Height

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9
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  • is equal to one - half of wave height or the distance from either the crest or trough to the undisturbed water level.
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Amplitude

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10
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  • undisturbed water level
A

Equilibrium Surface

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11
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  • the time required for two successive crests or two successive troughs to pass a point in space.
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Period

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12
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does not represent a flow of water but instead represents a flow of motion or energy from its origin to its eventual dissipation of sea or loss against the land.

A

Ocean wave

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13
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The moving water form causes water particles to move in___ rising, moving forward, falling, reversing direction and rising again.

A

orbits

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14
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related to wavelength and wave period given the following formula:
C= L/T

A

wave speed

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15
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the height of actual waves are affected and controlled by 3 main factors:

A

wind speed;
wind duration;
fetch

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16
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how fast the wind is blowing

A

wind speed

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17
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how long the wind blows

A

wind duration

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18
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the distance over water that the wind blows in a single direction

A

fetch

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19
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when no single one of the three factors is limiting, spectacular _____ are formed at sea.

A

wind waves

20
Q

Types of wave: (7)

A

1.) Capillary waves or ripples
2.) Gravity waves
3.) Episodic waves
4.) shallow-water waves
5.) intermediate waves
6.) deep-water waves
7.) tsunami

21
Q

small waves on surface ocean caused by winds and restored by surface tension.

A

Capillary waves or ripples

22
Q

sufficiently large waves on ocean surface caused by wind and restored
by Earth’s gravity.

A

Gravity waves

23
Q

large waves that suddenly appear unrelated to local sea conditions.

A

Episodic waves

24
Q

an abnormally high wave that occurs because of a combination of intersecting wave trains, changing depths and currents.

A

Episodic waves

25
Q

waves that occur most frequently near the edge of the continental shelf

A

episodic waves

26
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researchers describe them as having a height of 20 - 30 m or 70 - 100 tf equal to a seven - or eight-story building.

A

episodic waves

27
Q

a wave formed when water enters a depth of less than one-twentieth the
wavelength (D< 1/20; D = ___).

A

shallow-water waves

28
Q

a wave formed at water depth between 1/2 and 1/20.

A

intermediate waves

29
Q

wave that occur IN water that is deeper than one —half the wave’s length. (D > L/2)

A

deep-water waves

30
Q

in order to be considered as deep - water wave, the wave must occur in water that is deeper than ___

A

7.5 m.

31
Q

also called as seismic sea waves
- waves formed due to movement of continental crusts directly below the ocean.

A

tsunamis

32
Q

is the shallow area along the coast in which the waves slow rapidly steepen, break and disappear in the turbulence and spray of expended energy.

A

surf zone

33
Q

form in the surf zone because the water particle motion at depth is
affected by the bottom.

A

breakers

34
Q

in breakers, the orbital motion is slowed and compressed___

A

vertically

35
Q

2 common types of breakers -

A

a) Plungers and b) Spillers

36
Q

-they form on narrow, steep beach slopes
- the curling crest outruns the rest of the wave, curves over the air below it, and breaks with a sudden loss of energy and splash.

A

Plungers

37
Q
  • found over wider, flatter beaches where the energy is extracted more gradually as the wave moves over the shallow bottom.
A

Spillers

38
Q

has less dramatic wav form - consisting of turbulent water and bubbles flowing down the collapsing wave face.

A

spillers

39
Q

___last longer than plungers because they less energy more gradually.

A

Spilling breakers

40
Q

-___ give surfers a longer ride but___ give them a more exciting one

A

spillers;
plungers

41
Q

The rotation of the Earth generates the ____ that cause ____ movement of oceans in both hemispheres.

A

CORIOLIS FORCES;
EAST → WEST

42
Q

major surface currents have been named as ____ with no banks but stil maintain an average course.

A

rivers of the sea

43
Q

surface currents extends to about ___to__ m from the surface much equal to the ___

A

100 to 150 m;
Ekman Spiral.

44
Q

are driven by wind and are also acted upon by the Coriolis effect.

A

surface currents

45
Q

A wind - driven surface current moves at an angle of ___from the direction of the wind.

A

45 degrees

46
Q

This angle (45 degrees) is to the RIGHT in the ____ and to the LEFT in the ____

A

Northern Hemisphere;
Southern Hemisphere.