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What happens to wave speed after a wave feels bottom and approaches shore?
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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 happens to wavelengths as waves approach shore?
they get shorter
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.
How does the depth of the ocean affect the shape and speed of a Wave?
A wave's energy moves in a circular pattern and the deeper the water column, the faster the wave travels and the smaller its size e.g. it has low steepness. As it approaches the shore and the water becomes shallow, the bottom of the wave drags on the ocean floor which slows the bottom of the wave down but the top of the wave continues at the same speed. Eventually the top of the wave gets so far ahead of the bottom that it topples over forming a breaker.
What happens to this wave as it reaches shore?
Since we don't know what "this wave" is, we cannot answer the question.
How does the speed of the tsunami wave change as it approaches the shore?
The wave would slow down as it approaches the shore.
How does the speed of tsunami wave change as it approaches the shore?
The wave would slow down as it approaches the shore.
When a wave approaches the shore it moves ahead of its?
Breakercrest
How both a wave's energy and the water in a wave move?
Ocean water within a wave moves in a circular motion in open water. As the wave approaches the shore, the water becomes shallow and the bottom.
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 slows water at the bottom of a wave near shore?
Friction with the sea bed/shore
What is the crest of this giant wave approaches shore sea level appears to rise?
It is aclled an high tide
Can breakers form before the wave approaches the beach?
Of course it can. That is why some waves don't reach the shore.
Is it true that an earthquake on the ocean floor can produce a tsunami which may grow into a huge wave as it approaches the shore?
true
What happens to waves as they slow down and approach shore?
it keeps on slowing down and hitsthe shore.
What is it like being on Jersey Shore?
It feels like its real but you know youre acting.
What do yellow shore crabs eat?
I believe that they are bottom feeders......
