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Oceanography Video Worksheet
Waves and Erosion
1. Most ocean waves are created by?
2. Does the water in a wave move forward with that wave?
3. Does the wave motion extend all the way to the bottom of the water?
4. Wavelength is defined as....
5. What feature of the ocean causes waves to break into surf?
6. Tsunamis are caused by?
7. The net effect of refraction of waves along an irregular coastline results in?
8. The flow of water along the shoreline is called?
9. T / F The building of inland dams can effect beaches at the coast?
10. One way to protect houses along ocean property is to build what structure?
11. One drawback of building a sea wall to stop erosion is...?
12. The Scripps Institute designed and built a sea wall that helped minimize erosion w/o
destroying the beach at its base. What shape did they use?
13. What other factors, besides waves, effect the level of sea water?
14. What is the “Greenhouse Effect”?