Waves

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1. What forms the largest waves?

  • Strong winds over a short period of time, long fetch
  • Strong winds over a long period of time, short fetch
  • Strong winds over a long period of time, long fetch
  • Weak winds over a long period of time, long fetch
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2. What is swash?

  • A type of erosion
  • The forward movement of the waves
  • The backwards movement of the waves
  • The orbit of a wave

3. What is backwash?

  • The amount of ocean it crosses
  • The backwards movement of the waves
  • The height of the waves
  • The forward movement of the waves

4. What is fetch?

  • The speed of the wave
  • The amount of ocean a wave crosses
  • The forward movement of the waves
  • A type of pebble

5. What is a destructive wave?

  • erotional wave, strong swash, short, infrequent
  • depositional wave, strong swash, short, frequent
  • Erosional wave, strong backwash, long, infrequent
  • Depositional wave, strong backwash, long, frequent

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