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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)
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What describes the cause of waves in the ocean?
surface waves
How are ocean waves made?
The winds cause waves on the surface of the ocean. The wind transfers some of its energy to the water, through friction between the air molecules and the water molecules. Stronger winds cause larger waves.
Which of these best describe the waves of the ocean?
Surface waves
What best describes the waves of the ocean?
surface waves
How did ocean waves form?
The winds cause waves on the surface of the ocean (and on lakes). The wind transfers some of its energy to the water, through friction between the air molecules and the water molecules. Stronger winds (like storm surges) cause larger waves. You can make your own miniature waves by blowing across the surface of a pan of water.
Ocean waves are what kind of wave type?
Ocean waves are mechanical waves. The waves on the surface are surface waves (particles move in a circular motion) while the waves in the depths are longitudinal (particles move parallel to the wave propogation).
Surface waves cause rock to move?
Surface waves cause rock to move in a circular path.
What causes oceans waves?
Normal (i.e. not tsunami) waves on the ocean are caused by the wind blowing over the ocean surface. The wind transfers some of its energy to the water surface, through friction between the air molecules and the water molecules. Stronger winds caused by storms result in larger waves and the larger the stretch of ocean over which the wind is blowing, the larger the waves.The winds cause waves on the surface of the ocean (and on lakes). The wind transfers some of its energy to the water, through friction between the air molecules and the water molecules. Stronger winds (like storm surges) cause larger waves. You can make your own miniature waves by blowing across the surface of a pan of water.
Where is the energy from ocean waves the strongest?
At the waters surface
WHAT BEST DESCRIBES THE WAVE OF THE OCEAN?
surface waves
The wind stirs up currents?
Surface
What are facts about waves?
There are different kinds of waves... sound, ocean, surface, longitudinal, and transverse.
