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What causes the ocean waves that surfers use for their sport?
Wind blowing across the water (Apex)
The energy of ocean waves comes from the energy of?
Mostly by wind blowing across the water's surface.
How does the energy from the sun produce waves?
It warms the atmosphere which causes convection and wind. The wind blowing across the surface of water causes waves.
Wind blowing across the ocean surface provides the disturbing force for?
It provides force for heat
Which of the following situations would you expect to create the highest waves in the ocean?
A 100-kilometer-per-hour wind blowing for 5 hours across a 100-kilometer-wide area of oceanD. a 100-kilometer-per-hour wind blowing for 10 hours across a 1000-kilometer-wide area of oceana 100 kilometer per hour wind blowing for 10 hours across a 1000 kilometer wide area
What causes the earths water to evaporate?
The heat from the sun causes water to evaporate. ***** The wind blowing over the surface of the ocean will also help evaporation.
Compare contrast How wind and glaciers abrade rock?
Wind abrades rock by sandblasting, this is the process in which wind causes the blowing of millions of grains of sand, which bump across the surface of rocks.
Is a strong west wind blowing across a region an example of potential energy?
No, it is an example for kinetic energy as the wind is blowing.
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 do Surface waves get their energy from?
The Sun and the Moon gravitational pull on the earth causes high and low tides which give the ocean waves their energy. Ocean waves get their energy from wind blowing across the surface of the water. When the wind contacts the water, some of its energy is transferred.
Which one of the following situations would you expert to create the highest waves in the ocean?
A 100-kilometer-per-hour wind blowing for 10 hours across a 1000-kilometer-wide area of ocean.
Why are larger ocean waves found in the west?
because it is The reason for the larger waves in the Pacific Ocean has to do with wind directions and the ocean floors. The ocean floor in the west has a sharp drop-off. This, combined with the winds blowing in from the west, causes the waves to be much larger because they are able to gain more strength. While the ocean floor in the east has a more tapered floor and the winds are blowing out from the west, therefore, making it so they are pushing against the wind.
