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The wind transfering some energy to the water and forming waves. Hence when its windier, you get bigger waves
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Most surface waves are caused by?
Most surface waves are caused by wind. Tsunamis are formed by heat and circular wind motions. Tidal waves are caused by hurricanes with huge wind currents.
Most surface waves are caused by the action of 'earthquakes' or 'winds'?
Most surface waves are caused by wind systems. Earthquakes cause tsunamis.
What is the most familiar kind of surface wave?
Ocean waves.
Which is the most common source of energy for surface ocean waves?
Usually waves in the ocean are caused by wind since out in the ocean there is nothing to block, or slow down the wind because there's obviously no buildings or people usually around so the wind can be stronger and faster creating waves in the water.
What causes surface oceans to be deflected?
Most ocean waves obtain thier energy and motion from
Most waves are caused by what blowing over the surface of the water?
The gravitational pull of the moon combined with the gravitational pull of the earth causes the water to be pulled back and forth.
Most destructive waves in the ocean?
ultra violet waves are the one which are harmful and most dangerous!!!!! earth is protected from these rays with the help of ozone layer.
What is surface waves?
Waves are formed by any disturbance upon a fluid medium. 2. Surface ocean waves are formed by wind stress. If the wind is weak, capillary waves form. Their restoring force is capillarity (caused by the hydrogen bonds between water molecules). If the wind is stronger, gravity waves form. Their restoring force is gravity. 3. Tsunamis are formed as a result of undersea disturbances. These can be tectonic movements, like earthquakes, but they can also be caused by landslides, as in the one that occurred in Anchorage, Alaska. Tsunamis are barely noticable in the open ocean, but their wave steepness and wave speed increase tremendously as they approach shore.
What is the major cause of surface waves in the ocean is?
Says The World Book Encyclopedia: The wind causes most ocean waves, from small ripples to great hurricane waves more than 100 feet (30 meters) high....After the wind stops, the waves continue to move over the ocean surface and can travel great distances from where they originated. They become smoother and longer. Finally the waves reach the shoreline, where they break and form the surf. Additionally, strictly speaking, tidal waves are simply the surging and waning swells that we call tides and are caused by the gravitational pull of the sun and the moon. (from Awake magazine on Jehovah's Witnesses official website)
Where are the most shells found on the Earth?
they are usally found in the ocean the most and hen when the waves come on the surface they stay on the shell for people to collect.
What is the term for a water wave that is caused by underwater earthquake?
Body waves Body waves and surface waves are the two types of seismic waves formed during great earthquakes. P waves and S waves are called body waves because they travel through the body of the Earth. Surface waves Love waves and Rayleigh waves travel only on the surface of the Earth and cause the most destruction.
Which earthquake waves do the most damage to surface structures and buildings?
Surface waves
