Waves

Title: Waves

Explanation of Topic (Definition, Key Points, Details)
 * A wave is a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
 * Most ocean waves obtain their energy and motion from the wind.
 * The height, length, and period that are eventually achieved by a wave depends on three factors: (1) wind speed, (2) length of time the wind has blown, and (3) fetch.
 * Circular orbital motion allows energy to move forward through the water while the individual water particles that transmit the wave move around in a circle.
 * A wave can also be any surging or progressing movement or part resembling a wave of the sea: a wave of the pulse.

Visual Examples (Pictures, Graphics, Animations) [|Wave(1).jpg] [|Black-Wave.jpg] [|Big Wave.jpg]

Links to more information: [|Waves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

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Works Cited: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave