Using examples, explain how wave refraction is different from wave reflection
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The slowing and bending of waves in shallow water is wave refraction. This happens as the waves move from deeper water into shallow water, the forward speed of the wave slows down. The portion of the wave still in deep water is traveling faster, and as it encounters the bottom, it too slows. This is why waves appear to take the shape of the shoreline as they approach wave refraction. When a wave hits a solid object such as a seawall, jetty, island, or some other solid structure, the wave is reflected off the object in the opposite direction with little loss of wave energy.
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A) higher temperatures are associated with higher saturation mixing ratios B) higher temperatures are associated with lower saturation mixing ratios C) higher relative humidities are associated with lower saturation mixing ratios D) lower saturation mixing ratios are associated with increased evaporation
What name is given to the region having the greatest concentration of composite volcanoes?
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Lightning is caused by the interaction between upward-moving moist air and downward-moving dry air in a thunderstorm
a. True b. False
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A) Biogenous Sediment B) Cosmogenous Sediment C) Hydrogenous Sediment D) Lithogenous Sediment E) Terrigenous Sediment