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What happens to rocks on shore when constantly hit by waves for many years?
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∙ 6y ago
There is erosion of the rock. The water is very soft. Rock is very hard. But the hard rock get eroded by persistent strikes by very soft water. It may take millions of years for water to impart the marks on the rock. But this does happen.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe rocks will gradually erode by the constant water crashing into it. Most cliffs are formed this way.
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∙ 12y agoover the long period of time the rocks wear off or break off into the ocean.
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∙ 9y agoHow much water in a cuBIE 3in wide and 12in high
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Why don't longshore currents form in places where waves hit the shore head-on?
Long-shore currents don't form in places where waves hit the shore head-on because the sand is moving in a zigzag pattern, making it at an angle.
Why scientist think that large crashing waves split apart large rocks by compressing air in the cracks?
becaues large, crashing waves have a force large enough to put enough pressure on the rocks to crack them
Why would it be very difficult to drop a note in a bottle off of a boat into the waves and have it reach shore?
the bottle will move with the water in a circle
What happens when two crests of two waves overlap?
The amplitudes add.
What happens to the frequency and wave lengths as waves enter shallow water?
describes the effect of water waves passing into shallow water?
What can we do to stop the waves taking the sand away?
Waves constantly change the look of the shore, but you can stop the waves from moving the sand by creating a rock wall, however this will effect the shore furthur up
What happens to wavelengths as waves approach shore?
they get shorter
Why does waves cause erosion?
because the waves are constantly hitting the rocks/shore and it eats away at them (kinda like if you were to start rubbing on your arm for a really long time ,like REALLY long time, sooner or later ta dah erosion)
What happens to waves as they slow down and approach shore?
it keeps on slowing down and hitsthe shore.
What happens when waves hit rocks along the coastline?
The reaction force when a wave hits a rocky shore is easily visible when the wave breaks up and some of its water is pushed back.
Waves cause erosion by?
Constantly brushing up against the shore and taking sediment with it when it goes back to the ocean.
Why is there sand in the ocean?
because the rocks and shells on the shore break down and create sand and then the waves collect it.
How does waves cause erosion?
Waves are energy carried by the water, and this energy pounds away at rocks on the shore, eventually wearing them down. Sediment is carried back into the water by the receding waves. As the waves come to shore again, the sediment acts like sandpaper, slowly wearing away at the shoreline.
What happens when ocean or river waves crash against rocks?
a flood
What happens to the water when waves break on shore?
They crash on the shore and move back through the trough and back into the ocean. To have it all happen again
How can the energy of waves traveling through water affect the shoreline?
Waves typically affect the shoreline by eroding it. Constant forces of water against the shore make it weak, and will break down the rocks over time. Waves also bring animals from the sea onto the shore,
I need another way of saying waves crashing in the shore?
The waves pounding against the shoreline. The waves colliding with the shore. The waves breaking upon the beach.
