Waves Earth and Space

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