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What winds move the ocean current?
it causes current waves.
What 2 spheres interact to cause waves in the ocean?
The interaction between the atmosphere (air) and the hydrosphere (water) causes waves in the ocean. Wind transfers energy to the water's surface, creating ripples that evolve into waves as they move across the ocean.
What do waves move through?
Different types of waves move in different patterns. Ocean waves move in a circular pattern while sound waves move in a sinusoidal pattern.
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).
How do ocean waves form?
Ocean waves form as wind blows across the surface of the water, creating friction and energy that transfers to the water. The energy causes the water to move in a circular motion, forming waves that travel across the ocean's surface. Factors such as wind speed, duration, and distance over which it blows determine the size and strength of the waves.
Why do waves have whitecaps?
Waves have whitecaps when the wind causes the water surface to become rough and create bubbles and foam. These whitecaps are formed by the breaking crest of the waves as they move across the ocean surface.
ARE ocean waves transverse waves or longitudinal waves?
Ocean waves are considered to be a combination of both transverse and longitudinal waves. While the surface water particles move in a circular motion, causing a transverse wave motion, the energy in ocean waves propagates forward, exhibiting characteristics of a longitudinal wave.
What waves have a motion that is similar to that of ocean waves?
Seismic waves, also known as ground waves, have a motion similar to ocean waves. They travel through the earth's crust and can cause the ground to shake, much like how ocean waves cause the water to move.
What are the fastest type of waves and causes rock to move back and forth?
p-waves
What waves create by the quake that shakes the buildings and causes them to move horizontally?
surface waves
What causes Waters to move up to the ocean surface?
ocean fronts
In a transverse wave the medium vibrates?
In a transverse wave, the particles of the medium vibrate perpendicular to the direction of the wave propagation. This causes the wave to move in a side-to-side or up-and-down motion. Examples of transverse waves include light waves and ocean waves.
