EOSC 114 Midterm: EOSC 114 Midterm 1 Learning Goals
11 Dec 2012
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Learning goals waves 1: identify key properties of waves. Waves have crests (highest point), troughs (lowest point), wavelengths (crest crest), height (crest trough), amplitude (half of the height) and steepness (h/wavelength). Waves also have period (# of waves that pass a given point in one second) and frequency (how fast waves pass though a point per time). Waves also need a medium to travel through (usually water) and a generating force (wind, gravitational energy, tectonic activity or atmospheric activity: use these properties to determine wave speed and behavior in either shallow or deep water. In shallow water (dl/2), the speed on the wave depends solely on the wavelength.
