Waves & Tides Crossword
Across
- 3. Path The circular movement of a wave
- 4. The celestial body that has the strongest gravitational effect on Earth's tides
- 5. The inflow of tides
- 7. The back and forth movement of waves in an enclosed area
- 9. Tides that are created when the moon, sun, and Earth are aligned
- 10. The speed of a wave
- 14. A locally generated wave lasting 1 second
- 15. The outflowing of tides
- 16. The lowest point of a wave
- 17. The bending of waves
- 18. Tides that create the smallest tidal range for a month
- 20. Type of interference where waves crests overlap to combine
Down
- 1. The lack of tides or no tidal movement
- 2. These tides occur in enclosed basins like the Gulf of Mexico
- 5. The origin point of an earthquake deep within the Earth
- 6. The transmission of energy though a substance, like water
- 7. Two high and two low tides a day
- 8. The tool used to measure seismic waves
- 11. The type of wave that is the most devastating in an earthquake
- 12. Type of interference where a crest and trough of two waves overlap to cancel out
- 13. The highest point of a wave
- 19. Long period waves caused by seismic activity