Wave Vocabulary
Term that describe the many different things about waves and ocean.
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Topics of this game:
- the vertical distance that goes from the crest to the trough
- lowest point on a wave
- highest point on a wave
- distance from the top of one wave to the top of another wave
- water washed up on the shore when a wave breaks
- disturbance that travels through water from one certain location to another
- where gravity draws water back down the beach
- movement of material that results the interaction between swash and backwash
- tube or pipe-shaped waves
- # of waves' crests passing a certain point each second
- time required for a wave crest at one point to reach another point
- the distance of open water over which the wind blows
- the rising and falling of the sea surface in a rhythmic pattern
- global circulation pattern in where water cycles throughout ocean basins
- difference in water levels between straight high and low tides
- tides with a large tidal range
- tides with a small tidal range
- tidal pattern with two high and low tides each day
- tidal pattern with two successive high tides of different heights each day
- tidal pattern with a high and low tide each day
- table that gives a predicted time and height of tides for certain points along a coast
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