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What is the height of a wave called it start with an a?
amplitude
How do you find the amplitude of a wave?
Measure the height of its peaks
What changes occur in a wave as it approaches shore?
It is a process known as shoaling. When waves feel the bottom they slow down and decrease their wavelength but the period of the waves does not change. The height of the wave will steadily increase until the wave becomes unstable and breaks near the beach.
How do waves change as they approach the shore?
The wavelength decreases
What does friction between the ocean floor and the water cause the waves to do?
It causes their bases to slow so that the wave height builds.
What factors can lead to an increase in the height of the wave?
Justin Bieber
What happens to wave height and wavelength as a wave approaches shore?
Depending on height at origin as it approaches the coastal shelf it will rise and increase the strength of the wave. for example a wave 50ft high approaching the atlantic coastal shelf could rise to 150-200 feet with disastrious ramifications.
As a wave approaches shore what happens to wave height and wavelength?
Depending on height at origin as it approaches the coastal shelf it will rise and increase the strength of the wave. for example a wave 50ft high approaching the atlantic coastal shelf could rise to 150-200 feet with disastrious ramifications.
What is the term for the height of a wave?
Hi The term used to refer the height of a wave is "significant wave height".
Why do waves increase in height as they reach the shore?
There is a circular current inside the waves and as they come closer to the shore the previous wave is pulled up into it and this gives the initial wave more height because they are now fused.
What is the height of the wave known as?
The height of a wave is the amplitude.
What is factors can affect the height of a wind formed wave?
the speed of the wind,the length of time that the wind blows, and the fetch
How do you use wave height in a sentence?
That wave height is too much for me!
Why do waves increase in height as they approach the shore?
The waves begin to interact with the ocean floor. The same mass of water runs into shallower and shallower water making the height of the wave increase.
Why does the amplitude depend on the height of a wave?
This is just the definition of "amplitude". The amplitude of a wave is the height of the wave. "Amplitude" is a fancier name for "height" when we speak about waves.
The height of a wave above the median line?
The distance between the line of origin and the crest/trough of a wave is called the amplitude of the wave.
What property of a wave increase as the wave energy increase?
An increase in energy corresponds to an increase in frequency or a decrease in wavelength.
