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The most common cause of surface ocean waves is air movement (the wind). Waves within the ocean can also be caused by tides, interactions between waves, submatine earthquakes or volcanic activity, and atmospheric disturbances (storms). Wave size depends on wind speed, wind duration, and the distance of water over which the wind blows. The longer the distance the wind travels over water, or the harder it blows, the higher the waves.
As the wind blows over the water, it tries to drag the surface of the water with it. The surface water cannot move as fast as air, so the water rises. After it rises, the water is pulled back down by gravity. The falling water's momentum is carried below the surface, and water pressure from below pushes this swell back up again. This tug of war between gravity and water pressure creates wave motion.
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∙ 12y agoWaves are caused by a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance that may be propagated without net movement of the particles.
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∙ 12y agowaves occur because the earth rotates moving the water.tidal waves appear because undersea earthquakes appear making effects on land and the sea
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∙ 13y agosudden submarine earthquakes
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∙ 12y agoSubduction and Earthquakes
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∙ 14y agoEarthquakes
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∙ 15y agoShockwaves
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What causes most of the damage in earthquakes because of the side to side swaying motion that many buildings are unable to withstand?
Surface Waves.
The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves?
The waves that are the most infictint are the seismic waves
Seismic wave that causes the ground to move in two directions?
secondary waves or otherwise known as s-waves
What causes jagged sine waves?
Among many other things, a heartbeat.
What is a characteristic of both light waves and sound waves?
The math that describes them, Fourier transforms allow one to add wave functions. Also thr fact that they are waves so wave adding together or "cancelling " each other out is possible, wave interference both constructive and destructive does occur.
What makes waves small?
Very small seismic activity causes small waves to occur. The bigger the waves get the larger the seismic activity is.
What causes earthquakes to happen?
Earth's tectonic plates move and seismic waves begin to occur.
What directly causes earthquakes to happen?
Earth's tectonic plates move and seismic waves begin to occur.
What causes most oceans waves and currents?
The wind.
Where do rouge waves occur?
Anywhere normal waves occur.
Why do reverberations occur?
The reflection of sound waves off of walls, floor, ceiling, seats, and people causes reverberation.
Where do p waves and s waves occur?
they occur i think in the plate boundarys.
Surface waves occur between?
Surface waves are waves that occur between two media (plural of medium).
Are heavy waves caused by hurricane are called rip tide?
Heavy waves caused by hurricanes are not called rip tides. Waves causes by hurricanes are called waves. Rip tides are occur closer to the shore line.
What seismic waves occur arrive after p waves?
Secondary waves.
What type of waves occur when the motion of the medium is parallel to the direction of the wave?
Longitudinal waves occur where the motion of the medium is parallel to the waves.
Where do surface waves occur?
surface waves occur on the surface its visible to people and people can surface
