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When a wave is on the surface of the ocean what direction do the molecules move in?
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What direction do particles in water wave move?
Water is a very unique object in our galaxy. Water, when frozen actually expands and the molecules rotate in place. Water in the liquid state moves in ripples if disturbed. The force of the pressure from the object on the surface of water is the cause that makes the water move in that pattern. The disturbed H2O molecules move away from the area of pressure.
How do the molecules of water move in a ocean wave?
They move in ellipical circular motions. http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/dapontes/709772
How do molecules move in a fluid?
Small particles or molecules suspended in a liquid or gas will move by what is called Brownian motion. Brownian motion is a random motion of particles resulting from collisions with other matter. Unless otherwise disturbed, Brownian motion will eventually diffuse the suspended particles evenly throughout the liquid or gas.
What sound does an ocean wave make?
As the water molecules from the ocean move in different ways, you can hear the various vibrations of soundwaves emitting from the friction of the molecules against themselves and the sand/rock/etc.
How are EM waves like ocean waves?
Yes.Waves transmit energy, but not matter. In a longitudinal wave, the molecules move to and fro parallel to the direction in which the wave advances. Sound waves are longitudinal waves made up of a series of compressions and rarefactions. In a transverse wave, the molecules move back and forth at right angles to the direction in which the wave advances. A wave on the surface of a body of water is a transverse wave.Electromagnetic waves are also transverse waves. In electromagnetic waves, electric and magnetic fields-rather than molecules-move back and forth.
What direction do surface currents move?
The surface currents move in a clockwise direction in the Northern hemisphere, and move in a counter clockwise direction in the Southern hemisphere! Hope it helped:)
How do water molecules move in water?
The answer is that water molecules move by a stream of moving cytoplasm, some what like how the currents move to the ocean.
Which direction do molecules naturally move?
they naturally move left because all the molecules need to reach equilibrium
What causes Waters to move up to the ocean surface?
ocean fronts
What direction do the ocean currents move in the northern hemisphere?
clockwise
What would happen if an ocean current changed it's direction?
Nothing just that it does not move to that direction
During an earthquake the ground surface?
can move in any direction
How are convection currents and global winds related?
Global winds drag on the ocean's surface causing it to move and build up in the direction the wind is blowing.
What causes cold nutrientrich waters move up to the ocean's surface?
ocean fronts
What direction do molecules move in exocytosis?
It moves from high to low
How does water move from one place to another?
The surface ocean
Which way does the particles move in a ocean wave?
Perpendicular to the direction of the wave
