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i believe you're thinking of "tsunami"
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What are tsumamis?
A tsumami is a large amount of water arranged into a wave. It is triggered when a large earthquake displaces a large amount of water and sends it hurling towards land. As the deep water wave gets close to land it picks up speed and gains height.
What wave energy causes matter in the medium to move up and down or back an forth at right angles to the wave?
The answer to your question is a longitudinal wave. The motion of the wave is parallel to the direction of the particles. An example is a sound wave.When particles move perpendicular to the direction of the wave, the wave is called a transverse wave. An example is a water wave.
What is the term for a water wave that creates an underwater earthquake?
When an underwater earthquake displacing a large volume of sea water the effect could be a tsunami (tidal wave).
A longitudinal wave has a large amplitude if?
It has a large amplitude if the compressions of the wave are dense.
What are huge circles of moving water called caused by wind belts and the coriolis effect called?
wave pools
A large water wave called a can be generated by underwater earthquakes?
It is a tsunami.
Water from a wave rushing up the beach?
a tide or a large surf wave
What is the definition for billow?
It is a large swell, or wave of water.
A wave moving in water that is deeper than half its wavelength is called what?
A deep-water wave.
Is a water wave called wind wave?
Yes your exactly right
What is the speed at which a wave travels through water or other medium called?
The speed at which a wave passes through water or other medium is called phase velocity.
What are tsumamis?
A tsumami is a large amount of water arranged into a wave. It is triggered when a large earthquake displaces a large amount of water and sends it hurling towards land. As the deep water wave gets close to land it picks up speed and gains height.
Do tsunamis occur due to the moon?
No, the moon does not cause tsunamis. The so called 'tidal wave' is not related to the tides at all. A tsunami is an ocean wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean floor. The large movement of the plates creates a huge water displacement that results in the creation of a very large wave.
What is a large wave caused by an earth quake called?
if you are talking about water it is called a tsunami that could knock you into a brick wall or a wall that could make you either die or get unconsious
What is the vertical movement of the surface of water called?
On a large scale you would call the movement a tide. On a small scale you would call the movement a wave.
What is a gigantic wave that causes destruction called?
tsunami, tidal wave or a water surge.
Why do water molecules not travel with the wave and the transfer of energy in water waves?
Let's say that if they do, it's not called a "wave", but a "current".
