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Meto Quiz

The document contains 20 multiple choice questions about oceanography concepts such as waves, swell, sea state, fetch, wavelength, wave speed, and how these concepts are affected by factors like wind speed, wind duration, and water depth. The questions cover topics including the definition of swell waves, instruments used to record wave forms, the relationship between wavelength and wave speed in deep and shallow water, and whether statements about wave group behavior and storm detection are true or false.

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Meto Quiz

The document contains 20 multiple choice questions about oceanography concepts such as waves, swell, sea state, fetch, wavelength, wave speed, and how these concepts are affected by factors like wind speed, wind duration, and water depth. The questions cover topics including the definition of swell waves, instruments used to record wave forms, the relationship between wavelength and wave speed in deep and shallow water, and whether statements about wave group behavior and storm detection are true or false.

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University of Cebu Maritime Education and Training Center Meteorology and Oceanography Group 3 Questionnaires 1.

It is the undulations of the surface of the water a. Current b. Waves c. Swell d. Tide 2. The following variables are used to determine the height of sea waves except for one. a. Wind speed b. variation in wave height c. wind fetch d. duration of the wind 3. A sophisticated instrument use to record wave form. a. Current recorder b. wave recorder c. trochoidal device d. none of these 4. These are waves that have traveled into the area of observation after having been generated by previous winds in other areas. a. Trochoid waves b. swell waves c. sea waves d. crest 5. It is defined as the distance up wind from the point of observation over which the wind blows constantly and uninterruptedly over the sea. a. Fetch b. wind speed c. sea waves d. none of these 6. These are the waves that generated by the wind blowing at the time, and in the recent past, in the area of observation. a. Swell waves b. Sea waves c. fetch waves d. all of these 7. This is the curve that would be traced on a bulkhead by a marking point fixed to the spoke of a wheel, if we imagine the wheel to be rolled along under the deck-head. a. Trochoid b. wave c. isobar line d. wave crest 8. These waves are commonly due to the action of strong winds in some distant area and may travel thousands of miles from their origin before dying away. a. Sea waves b. Swell waves c. sea state d. none of these 9. This occurs when an abrupt beach slope prevents a proper beak and water simply rushes ashore. a. Surging waves b. Swell waves c. Sea waves d. sea state 10. What do you call the mixture of swell waves and sea waves? a. Sea-swell waves b. shoaling c. sea state d. current 11. In deep water, it is a function of period? a. Wavelength b. wave front c. wave speed d. wave height 12. In shallow water, the wave speed becomes a function of what? a. Length b. volume c. period d. depth 13. Waves generally travel in groups with patches of dead water in between, the wave h eight being a maximum at the center of each group. a. True b. false 14. Theoretical considerations and experience show that the wave groups travel at the speed of the individual wave. a. True b. false 15. The onset of sea waves, particularly in tropical and subtropical latitudes is often a first indication of a storm or hurricane in the vicinity. a. True b. false 16. Water may be regarded as shallow when the depth is less than half the length of the waves. a. True b. false 17. The energy associated with waves of short wavelength is more rapidly dissipated than that associated with longer waves. a. True b. false 18. The long swells are the greatest travelers. a. True b. false 19. Water may be regarded as shallow when the depth is less than half the length of the wave. a. True b. false 20. The speed of a wave group is the same as that of the individual waves compiring it. a. True b. False

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