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Chapter 8

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  1. 1 A tsunami is considered to be a:
    1. Acapillary wave.
    2. Bdeep-water wave.
    3. Creflected wave.
    4. Drefracted wave
    5. Eshallow water wave.
  2. 2The height of a wave depends upon
    1. Afetch.
    2. Bfetch and wind speed.
    3. Cfetch, wind duration, and wind speed.
    4. Dwind duration.
    5. Ewind duration and wind speed.
  3. 3As a wave begins to feel bottom near a shoreline, its wave height:
    1. Adecreases and steepness decreases.
    2. Bdecreases and wavelength increases.
    3. Cincreases and frequency decreases.
    4. Dincreases and wavelength decreases
    5. Eincreases and wavelength remains the same
  4. 4A deep-water wave occurs when the water depth is greater or equal to:
    1. Athe fetch.
    2. Bwave height.
    3. Cwavelength.
    4. D½ of wavelength.
    5. E1/20 of wavelength.
  5. 5Wave speed is equal to
    1. Awave height divided by frequency.
    2. Bwave height divided by period.
    3. Cwavelength divided by frequency.
    4. Dwavelength divided by fetch.
    5. Ewavelength divided by period.
  6. 6The circular motion of water molecules extends to a depth that is equal to:
    1. Awave height/wavelength.
    2. Bwave height/wave period.
    3. Cwavelength/wave height.
    4. Dwavelength/2.
    5. Ewavelength/20.
  7. 7The speed of a shallow-water wave is proportional to:
    1. Awater depth.
    2. Bwave frequency.
    3. Cwave height.
    4. Dwave period
    5. Ewavelength
  8. 8The ratio of wave height to wavelength is called the:
    1. Afrequency
    2. Bperiod
    3. Cwave height
    4. Dwavelength
    5. Ewave steepness
  9. 9The fetch refers to:
    1. Aa method of shoreline erosion control.
    2. Ba type of wave-cut platform.
    3. Cthe circular pattern made by water particles when a wave passes.
    4. Dthe distance between the trough of a wave and the still water level.
    5. Ethe distance over which wind blows without interruption.
  10. 10Waves that are moving faster than local wind and are sorted out by wavelength are called:
    1. Acapillary waves.
    2. Bconstructive waves.
    3. Csurf
    4. Dswell
    5. Ewind waves

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Quiz on Chapter 8, created by suhhmantha on 23/10/2015.
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