OCE 1001 Ch 8 Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: The speed of a deep-water wave is proportional to:
Answer: wavelength
Question 2: What are swells? Choose all that apply.
Answer: -waves that can travel hundreds of miles from the area where they originated -waves that travel
faster than the wind that created them
Question 3: One wave has a wavelength of 2 meters (6.6 feet) and a wave height of 0.5 meters (1.6 feet).
A second wave has a wavelength of 6 meters (20 feet) and a wave height of 1 meter (3.3 feet). What is
likely to happen if the two waves collide?
Answer: mixed interference
Question 4: What process produces standing waves with no net movement?
Answer: wave reflection
Question 5: Most ocean waves form as a result of:
Answer: winds blowing across the ocean surface.
Question 6: The movement of air across the ocean surface creates ________ waves.
Answer: ocean
Question 7: The movement of sea water at a pynocline creates ________ waves.
Answer: internal
Question 8: Ripple like clouds in the sky are an example of ________ waves.
Answer: atmospheric
Question 9: Tidal movement, turbidity currents, wind stress, and even passing ships at the surface
create ________ waves.
Answer: internal
Question 10: Large icebergs that fall from coastal glaciers create ________ waves.
Answer: splash
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, Question 11: The uplift or down dropping of large areas of the sea floor creates ________ waves.
Answer: tsunami
Question 12: ________ waves also known as push-pull waves.
Answer: longitudinal
Question 13: ________ waves also known as side-to-side waves.
Answer: transverse
Question 14: ________ waves also known as interface waves.
Answer: orbital
Question 15: Of the following events, which is/are capable of generating waves? Choose all that apply.
Answer: ALL -human activities, such as a ship traveling across the ocean -an underwater landslide -a storm
moving over the ocean surface -a rock falling into a still pond -uplift or downdropping of the ocean floor
Question 16: Which of the following statements is correct?
Answer: The longer the wave, the faster the wave travels.
Question 17: The ratio of wave height to wavelength is called the:
Answer: wave steepness
Question 18: The time between two successive waves is called the:
Answer: period
Question 19: The speed of a shallow-water wave is proportional to:
Answer: water depth
Question 20: The high parts of the waves are called ________.
Answer: crests
Question 21: The low parts of the waves are called ________.
Answer: troughs
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Question 1: The speed of a deep-water wave is proportional to:
Answer: wavelength
Question 2: What are swells? Choose all that apply.
Answer: -waves that can travel hundreds of miles from the area where they originated -waves that travel
faster than the wind that created them
Question 3: One wave has a wavelength of 2 meters (6.6 feet) and a wave height of 0.5 meters (1.6 feet).
A second wave has a wavelength of 6 meters (20 feet) and a wave height of 1 meter (3.3 feet). What is
likely to happen if the two waves collide?
Answer: mixed interference
Question 4: What process produces standing waves with no net movement?
Answer: wave reflection
Question 5: Most ocean waves form as a result of:
Answer: winds blowing across the ocean surface.
Question 6: The movement of air across the ocean surface creates ________ waves.
Answer: ocean
Question 7: The movement of sea water at a pynocline creates ________ waves.
Answer: internal
Question 8: Ripple like clouds in the sky are an example of ________ waves.
Answer: atmospheric
Question 9: Tidal movement, turbidity currents, wind stress, and even passing ships at the surface
create ________ waves.
Answer: internal
Question 10: Large icebergs that fall from coastal glaciers create ________ waves.
Answer: splash
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, Question 11: The uplift or down dropping of large areas of the sea floor creates ________ waves.
Answer: tsunami
Question 12: ________ waves also known as push-pull waves.
Answer: longitudinal
Question 13: ________ waves also known as side-to-side waves.
Answer: transverse
Question 14: ________ waves also known as interface waves.
Answer: orbital
Question 15: Of the following events, which is/are capable of generating waves? Choose all that apply.
Answer: ALL -human activities, such as a ship traveling across the ocean -an underwater landslide -a storm
moving over the ocean surface -a rock falling into a still pond -uplift or downdropping of the ocean floor
Question 16: Which of the following statements is correct?
Answer: The longer the wave, the faster the wave travels.
Question 17: The ratio of wave height to wavelength is called the:
Answer: wave steepness
Question 18: The time between two successive waves is called the:
Answer: period
Question 19: The speed of a shallow-water wave is proportional to:
Answer: water depth
Question 20: The high parts of the waves are called ________.
Answer: crests
Question 21: The low parts of the waves are called ________.
Answer: troughs
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