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