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1. Wind waves are influenced by fetch, which is defined as:

a. duration of time wind blows
b.length of open water the wind blows
c. depth of water at the site of storm
d. velocity of the wind

2. The time it takes for successive waves to pass a particular place is called the:
a.wave period
b. wave length
c.wave height
d. wave velocity

3. Southern California receives its surf able waves from the following sources:
a.Summer: storms off Mexico
Winter: South Pacific storms

b. Summer: North Pacific storms
Winter: storms off Mexico

c. Summer: South Pacific storms
Winter: storms off Mexico

d. Summer: storms off Mexico
Winter: North Pacific storms

4. The distance from the top of one wave to the top of the following wave is called:
a. wave length
b. wave crest
c. wave height
d. wave period

5. Middle latitude winter storms are different from hurricanes in that:

a. winter storms travel from east to west across the ocean and hurricanes do not
b. hurricanes are generally larger than winter storms
c. hurricanes have winds of higher velocity than winter storms
d. winter storms cause less damage than summer storms

6. The bending of wave crests to conform to the bottom contours is called:
a. reflection
b. dispersion
c. refraction
d. sorting

7. As a wave approaches shallow water all of the following are true:
a. wave height increases, wave velocity increases, wave length decreases
b. wave height and wave length increase, wave velocity decreases
c. wave length and wave velocity increase, wave height decreases
d. wave height increases, wave velocity and wave length decreases

8. The west coast of the United States has larger and more consistent surf than the east coast because:
a. winter storms in the Pacific become more intense as they approach the west coast
b. storms in the Atlantic move toward north western Europe
c. Atlantic winter storms become more powerful as they move away from the east coast of the U.S.
d. all of the above

9. The reason tides occur 40-50 minutes later each day is that:
a. the huge mass of water cannot keep up with the moon as it travels around the earth
b. the gravitational effect of the sun cancels that of the moon
c. the moon advances in its own orbit as the Earth rotates
d. the centrifugal force of the Earth causes the tides to occur later.

10. The tides of the Earth are affected more by the moon than by the sun because:
a. the sun is much larger
b. the centrifugal force of the moon is greater than the sun
c. the moon is closer
d. the moon revolves around the Earth faster than the Earth revolves around the sun

Bonus questions:

How do you like your Sunsets?

Rare
Very Rare
Well done
Sunny side up


What causes Sunsets?

the Earth
the Sun
your Eyes
the Universe

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