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The water molecules of a deep-water wave move in a circular motion. The diameter of the motion decreases with the distance from the surface. The motion is felt down to a distance of approximately one wavelength, where the wave's energy becomes negligible.
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What does not affect wave height in deep water?
wavelenghth
What happens when waves go from deep water to shallow water?
When a wave goes from deep water to shallow water, it decreases in size and strength. This is because shallow water does not have the required power to transmit the wave, and so its velocity decreases.
What is the difference between a deep water wave and a shallow water wave?
The basic differences are that the deep water wave "spreads out" and moves very quickly across open water. Wave height is not "significant" in these waves. When the wave reaches shallow water, however, it "slows down" at the leading edge. This causes the wave to "bunch up" and increase in height, even to dangerous proportions. A 20 or 30 metre high wave would devastate a shoreline, but would be hardly noticeable if it passed beneath a ship in deep water.
How is a deep water wave diffrentfrom a shallow water wave?
To classify a wave as either a deep or shallow water wave, you would have to be knowledgeable in the science behind wave classification. Waves can be classified according to direction of vibrations and depth.
Why does tsunami wave grow so high when it reaches the shore?
When a wave is traveling in deep water, its bottom is at a set depth. As it comes ashore, the wave tries to stay the same wave height. since the land is denser than the water, the water is forced upward. That upward movement is the height of the tsunami.
What part of the water is affected by the wave in the deep water?
The water part :) Hope this helps.
The size of a wave is not affected by the?
salinity of the water
Waves begin to feel bottom when water depth is?
One-half the deep-water wave length.
A wave moving in water that is deeper than half its wavelength is called what?
A deep-water wave.
What does not affect wave height in deep water?
wavelenghth
A wave with a wavelength of two meters forms in water with a dept of twenty meters What type of wave is it?
deep water
A wave with a wavelength of three meter forms in water with a depth of one meter what type of wave is it?
Deep water
What happens when a deep-water wave strikes the bottom of the ocean?
waves get slower and higher then they break
What happens when waves go from deep water to shallow water?
When a wave goes from deep water to shallow water, it decreases in size and strength. This is because shallow water does not have the required power to transmit the wave, and so its velocity decreases.
Is deep water more or less dense than shallow water?
Shallow water is more dense than Deep water. This means that a wave travelling from deep water to shallow water would bend towards the normal. Also, the wave would travel slower in the shallow than in the deep water
How does an ocean wave change as it moves from deep water to shallow water?
Deep water waves are long in length but short in height. As the wave moves into shallower depths it becomes shorter in length and taller in height.
Does the diameter of a deep water wave orbit decrease with depth?
Yes!
