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Oceanography quiz
1. Surface waves begin to form due to what?
A. The tides in the ocean.
B. The spin of the earth.
C. The disturbing force.
D. A depression.
2. How deep does the wave base effect the ocean?
A. 1/2 the wave length
B. 2/3 the wave length.
C. Equal to the wave length.
D. 2 times the wave length.
3. What’s the main difference between a deep wave and a shallow wave?
A. Deep water waves form in the middle of the ocean, shallow water waves form by land.
B. Deep water waves go deeper than shallow water waves.
C. Only shallow water waves’ wave base makes contact with the ocean floor.
D. Shallow water waves are weaker than deep water waves.
4. What is happening when a wave is shoaling?
A. It approaches maximum height.
B. It approaches the shore
C. It begins to break
D. It begins to form a slope
5. Identify two factors that contribute to a wave’s energy.
A. Wind direction
B. Wind speed
C. Wind duration
D. Wind length
6. What happens when the lead wave in a wave train dies?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The train is now one wave less
Somewhere in the distance “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen, is playing.
The wave train picks up speed.
Another wave is added at the end of the train.
7. What is the fetch?
A. The area over which the wind blows
B. The area where the swell lives
C. The area under a storm
D. The funky area between your toes
8. Sand migrates up and down the coast in _________
A.
B.
C.
D.
straight lines
zig zags
up and down
a dance line
Questions 9-12, Match the characteristics to the type of wave
A. Capillary
B. Gravity
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
Small in size
Wind generated
Rounded troughs
Larger weave energy
Wave trough is below sea level
14. __________ waves travel faster, out in front of a storm.
A. Wave train
B. Swell
C. Party
D. Internal
15. Internal waves are generated by what?
A. Different wave heights
B. Different wave direction
C. Different wave bubbles
D. Different wave densities.
16. Which one is not a type of wave form?
A. Air-ocean waves
B. Surface-air waves
C. Air-air waves
D. Water-water waves
Questions 17-20, Match the characteristics of a wave as it approaches shore.
Mark: A. True
B. False
17.
18.
19.
20.
Wave speed increase
Wave length decreases
Wave height increases
Wave steepness decreases.
21. Which one is not a type of wave break?
A. Spilling
B. Splashing
C. Surging
D. Plunging
22. As waves shoal, wave particles do what?
A. Keep moving unaffected
B. Flatten out
C. Move up the shore
D. Change direction
Questions 22-20, Match the characteristics of the wave to its wave type.
Mark : A. Shallow water waves
B. Deep water waves
23.
24.
25.
26.
Tsunami
Internal
Wind generated in the open sea
Tidal waves near shore