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Ocean Waves of India

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term used to describe the rhythmic rise and fall of the ocean surface?

  1. Tsunami
  2. Wave
  3. Tide
  4. Current
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following factors primarily determines the height of ocean waves?

  1. Wind speed
  2. Water depth
  3. Wave frequency
  4. Ocean currents
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term used to describe the distance between two consecutive wave crests?

  1. Wave height
  2. Wavelength
  3. Wave period
  4. Wave amplitude
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the average time between two consecutive wave crests?

  1. Wave height
  2. Wavelength
  3. Wave period
  4. Wave amplitude
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term used to describe the vertical distance between a wave crest and a wave trough?

  1. Wave height
  2. Wavelength
  3. Wave period
  4. Wave amplitude
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the speed at which a wave travels?

  1. Wave height
  2. Wavelength
  3. Wave period
  4. Wave velocity
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term used to describe the process by which waves break and dissipate their energy?

  1. Wave refraction
  2. Wave diffraction
  3. Wave reflection
  4. Wave breaking
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the process by which waves bend as they approach a shoreline?

  1. Wave refraction
  2. Wave diffraction
  3. Wave reflection
  4. Wave breaking
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term used to describe the process by which waves spread out as they pass through an opening?

  1. Wave refraction
  2. Wave diffraction
  3. Wave reflection
  4. Wave breaking
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the process by which waves bounce back from a surface?

  1. Wave refraction
  2. Wave diffraction
  3. Wave reflection
  4. Wave breaking
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term used to describe the process by which waves transport sediment along a shoreline?

  1. Wave refraction
  2. Wave diffraction
  3. Wave reflection
  4. Longshore drift
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the process by which waves erode the base of a cliff, causing it to collapse?

  1. Wave refraction
  2. Wave diffraction
  3. Wave reflection
  4. Wave quarrying
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term used to describe the process by which waves build up a beach?

  1. Wave refraction
  2. Wave diffraction
  3. Wave reflection
  4. Beach accretion
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the process by which waves remove sediment from a beach?

  1. Wave refraction
  2. Wave diffraction
  3. Wave reflection
  4. Beach erosion
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term used to describe the process by which waves sort sediment by size?

  1. Wave refraction
  2. Wave diffraction
  3. Wave reflection
  4. Wave sorting
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