How Are Waves Formed And What Are There Charecteristics?

Question 1

Coast

Answer 1

Where the land meets the sea

Question 2

Fetch

Answer 2

The distance the wind blows across the water, the longer the fetch the more powerful the waves

Question 3

Swash

Answer 3

Water that rushes up the beach

Question 4

Backwash

Answer 4

When the water from a wave retreats back into the sea

Question 5

How do waves form

Answer 5

By wind blowing over the sea,friction with the surface of the water causes ripples to form and develop into waves

Question 6

Two important factors in waves forming

Answer 6

Wind speed and fetch

Question 7

What kind of waves are close together

Answer 7

Destructive

Question 8

What kind of waves are far apart from each other

Answer 8

Constructive

Question 9

What wave has a steep wave front

Answer 9

Destructive wave

Question 10

What wave has a gentle sloping wave front

Answer 10

Constructive waves

Question 11

What wave plunges downwards

Answer 11

Destructive

Question 12

What wave spills forwards

Answer 12

Constructive

Question 13

What has a weak backwash

Answer 13

Constructive

Question 14

What wave has a strong backwash

Answer 14

Destructive

Question 15

What wave happens 6-8 times a minuet

Answer 15

Constructive

Question 16

What wave happens up to 15 times a minuet

Answer 16

Destructive