Waves Earth and Space

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Across
  1. 3. time required to move a distance equal to one wave length
  2. 4. shape traced by a water particle as a wave passes
  3. 7. groups of similar waves traveling together
  4. 12. rounded waves that have left the area that generated them
  5. 13. sorts waves by period and wavelength
  6. 15. waves of different heights and wavelengths and directions
  7. 17. speed of a wave with a period of 10 seconds and a length of 40 meters
  8. 19. speed of the wind
  9. 20. addition or subtraction of waves
  10. 22. highest point on a wave
  11. 23. place where high waves are the most common
  12. 25. structures used to reduce longshore or beach drift
  13. 27. current parallel to the shore
  14. 29. what a wave needs to travel through
  15. 30. paws small waves that are also called capillary
Down
  1. 1. breakers on gradual slopes
  2. 2. narrow, strong, seaward current perpendicular to the shore
  3. 5. vertical distance between crest and trough
  4. 6. a disturbance that travels through a medium
  5. 8. direction that persistent winds are arranged
  6. 9. no waves, flat sea surface
  7. 10. interference resulting in increased wave height
  8. 11. focuses wave energy on headlands
  9. 14. distance between two successive wave crests
  10. 16. breakers that form tubes
  11. 18. U.S. navy ship
  12. 21. water level between the crest and the trough
  13. 24. lowest point on a wave
  14. 26. seismic sea wave
  15. 28. distance the wind blows across the water