Sentences with phrase «wave length decreases»
When a wave passes through the ocean, individual water molecules move up and down in a circular motion but they do not move forward or backward As waves approach shore, the wave length decreases and wave height increases When a wave breaks against the shore, the crest outruns the trough and the crest collapses - this is called a breaker (water moves forward and backward at this point).
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As the speed of the wave slows down the shape of the wave begins to change Near the shore wave length decreases and wave height increases.