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What is the time interval of every high and low tide?

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  1. 5 hour 25 minutes

  2. 6 hours 25 minutes

  3. 10 hour 25 minutes

  4. 12 hour 25 minutes

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

On an average, every place experiences high and low tide a day at an time interval of 12 hours 25 minutes. Since the earth completes its rotation in roughly 24 hours, every place should experience tide after 12 hours but this never happens. Each day tide delayed by 25 minutes because the moon also rotates on its axis while revolving around the earth. 

The difference in the water level of the high tide and the low tide is called _______________.

geography tides movements of ocean and sea water circulation of ocean water ocean water movement

  1. tidal bore

  2. tidal range

  3. creast

  4. tidal wave

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Correct Option: B

The periodic rise and fall of water level in the ocean is called ___________.

geography tides movements of ocean and sea water circulation of ocean water ocean water movement

  1. waves

  2. tides

  3. water current

  4. turbidity currents

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The rise and fall of sea water due to gravitational forces of the sun and the moon are called tides. In fact, tides are the most uniformly varying phenomenon in the ocean. 

The summit of the wave is known as ____________.

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  1. wave crest

  2. tidal range

  3. wave trough

  4. wave length

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Wave Crest is the point on a wave with the maximum value of upward displacement within a cycle. A crest is a point on a surface wave where the displacement of the medium is at a maximum.

 Area where wave tumble first is called ___________.

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  1. surf

  2. breaker

  3. coast

  4. shore

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
As the wave approaches the shore, it grows in height and steepness as the water gets more shallow. Ultimately, the waves grow to the point that the water isn't deep enough to support it. At this point, the wave topples, or breaks which result in a breaker. There are different types of breakers, but mainly there are two types:
Spilling breakers and plunging breakers.

The bottom part of the wave is known as ____________.

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  1. wave crest

  2. wave trough

  3. wave length

  4. wave height

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Correct Option: B
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A trough is the minimum or lowest point of the value of displacement within a cycle. 

The distance between two adjacent wave crests is called ____________.

geography tides movements of ocean and sea water circulation of ocean water ocean water movement

  1. wave crest

  2. wave trough

  3. wave length

  4. wave height

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Wavelength is the distance between one crest or trough to the next crest or trough. It is the distance between identical points in the adjacent cycles if a waveform signal propagated in space or along a wire.

The vertical distance between the crest and trough of the wave is called the ____________.

geography tides movements of ocean and sea water circulation of ocean water ocean water movement

  1. wave trough

  2. wave length

  3. crest period

  4. wave height

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Wave height is the distance between the crest and trough. The wave height of a surface wave is the difference between the elevations of a crest and a neighboring trough. Wave height is a term used by mariners, as well as in coastal, ocean and naval engineering.

As the speed of the wind increases, the strength of the wave ____________.

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  1. increase

  2. decrease

  3. remains same

  4. became calm

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Waves in the sea surface are generated by the action of the wind. The height of the wind waves increases with the increasing wind speed and with increasing duration and fetch of the wind. As the speed of the wind increases, the strength of the wave also increases.

In the ocean, water moves horizontally over vast areas due to _____________.

geography tides movements of ocean and sea water circulation of ocean water ocean water movement

  1. temperature difference

  2. density

  3. waves

  4. slope of ocean floor

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Waves are actually the energy, not the water as such, which moves across the ocean surface. Water particles only travel in a small circle as a wave passes. Wind provides energy to the waves. Wind causes waves to travel in the ocean and the energy is released on shorelines. Thus, it is due to waves only that water moves horizontally over vast areas.