How does a wave's speed, wavelength, and height change as it moves into shallow water and breaks?
What will be an ideal response?
When a wave approaches the shore, the water becomes shallower, and the wave begins to "feel bottom" at a water depth equal to its wave base. The slightly faster waves farther out to sea catch up, decreasing the wavelength. As the speed and length of the wave diminish, the wave steadily grows higher. Finally, a critical point is reached when the wave is too steep to support itself, and the wave front collapses, or breaks.
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Design an automated device for measuring snowfall. How might it work?
What will be an ideal response?
You are a field geologist, dropped off in a new area. You examine the rocks of this area and find rhyolite, welded tuff, and scattered pumice
All are very young. You begin mapping the area, and soon have a rough sense of the distribution of rock units, as shown here: Note that the welded tuff varies systematically in its thickness, and that a lake is present near the center of your mapping area. How do you interpret this pattern? What will be an ideal response?
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are always associated with toxins.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Clown fish are not stung by sea anemone BECAUSE clown fish release a chemical into seawater that makes the stinging tentacles retract
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid. B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid. C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect. D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct. E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.