Which conditions result in the highest wave height?
A. Long fetch, low wind speed
B. Short fetch, high wind speed
C. Short fetch, low wind speed
D. Long fetch, high wind speed
Answer: D
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a. ?El Niño. b. ?the Southern Oscillation. c. ?upwelling. d. ?La Niña. e. ?the Ekman Spiral.
Suppose, in the North Atlantic, an eastward-moving ocean vessel is directly in the path of a westward-moving hurricane. What would be the ship’s wisest course? To veer to the ____ of the storm
a. ?north. b. ?east. c. ?southeast. d. ?south. e. ?west.
What is an ebb current??
a. The rise in sea level as a tide crest approaches
b. The rise in sea level as a tide trough approaches
c. The fall in sea level as a tide trough approaches
d. The fall in sea level as a tide crest approaches
e. A time of no currents
Which of the following is NOT one of the four major divisions or subregions of the United States region?
a. West b. Midwest c. South d. Northeast e. Pacific