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Test 2;Aquatic Science

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Definition
Wave   Transmission of energy through matter.  
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Progressive Waves: Longitudinal Waves   move through all states of matter and occur when energy moves in the same direction with the matter  
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Progressive Waves: Transverse Waves   only transmit through solids. Occur when energy motion is perpendicular to travel direction  
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Progressive Waves: Orbital Waves   Only transmit though fluids. Occur when energy moves through fluid in a circular motion as it passes.  
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Speed of a Wave   Wavelength/Period  
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Crest   Highest point of a wave  
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Trough   Lowest point of a wave  
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Height   Vertical Measurement from trough to crest  
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Wavelength   Horizontal distance between two identical parts of a wave (Ex: Crest to crest)  
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Period   Time it takes for two waves to hit the same spot. (time in between waves)  
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Frequency   The number of waves that pass the same fixed point in one second  
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Disturbing Forces   Wind, gravity, and seismic activity (earthquakes)  
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Deep Water Waves   occur in water that is half their wavelength  
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Shallow Water Waves   Occur in water that is shallower than half the wavelength  
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Factors That Affect Maximum Wave Size   -Wind speed faster than the wave. -Wave duration. -Fetch (surface area in which the wind blows)  
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When does a wave break?   in deep water, a wave breaks when its heighth exceeds one seventh of its wavelength  
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Storm Surge   destructive wave that forms when high winds push water against shore where it piles up.  
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Seiches   Form in bodies of water smaller than an ocean as a waves that rocks back and forth. It results form a strong wind that pushes water level up on one side of a lake  
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Tsunamis   Result form sudden water displacement caused by a landslide, iceberg, volcanic eruption or more commoly an earthquake  
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Standing Wave   Vertical oscillation in which water rocks back and forth rising and falling at the ends, but realitively montionless at the center.  
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Correolis effect   tendency for the path of an object moving in the North Hemisphere to deflect to the right or the left in the Southern Hemisphere.  
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Gyre   Circular flow of currents in an ocean basin due to the correolis effect  
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Tides   result from the gravitational pull mostly from the moon, but also the sun  
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Newton's Equalibrium Theory   Thought the world was perfectly uniform; proved to be wrong  
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Laplace's Modification: Dynamic Theory   modified Newton's model to account for tidal cariation. He discovered there are not two, but severaltidal bulges  
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Amphidromatic Points   Points where water doesnt rise or fall with the tides, just rotates  
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Diurnal tides   single high and low tides in a 24-hour period. This is seen on the Gulf Coast  
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SemiDiurnal Tides   Two roughly equal high and low tides daily  
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Flood Current   inflow of a tide  
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Slack Current   outflow of a tide  
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Slack Tide   midpoint of a tide  
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