Tides

Waves Tsunami is a type of wave that is not

Wind waves, or simply waves that
are created by wind. These wind-
driven waves begin as ripples,
which are small and have the
shortest period of time between
successive wave crests. They
increase in size if wind gets stronger
started by the wind. It is defined as a
series of waves caused by an
earthquake, underwater volcanic
eruption, landslide or other abrupt
disturbance. Tsunamis can result in
massive destruction when they arrive
onshore.
Neap tide and spring tide. These two
event of tides often happen due to the
gravity and alignment of the sun and
moon.
Spring tide is a tide just after a new or
full moon, when there is the greatest
difference between high and low
water.

Tidal wave is another type of wave,

Ocean swells. Heavy winds from
tropical storms or other wind systems
drive the waves, they can create
ocean swells that are capable of
traveling long distances, over entire
ocean systems. Ocean swells are
defined as mature undulations
occurring in open ocean waters.
and it's sometimes confused with a
tsunami. While both types of waves
are large, a tidal wave is a large wave
Neap tide, on the other hand, is a tide
caused by the tides. Because tides
just after the first or third quarters of the
are predictable events that are moon when there is least difference
created by the moon's gravitational between high and low water.
pull, tidal waves, unlike tsunamis, are
predictable events.
Earth Science
Jake Ambrosio
Bea Jolo
Waves
Formed as wind blows across the
surface of the ocean, creating small
ripples, which eventually become
waves with increasing time and
distance.
Tides
Very long-period waves that move
through the ocean in response to the
forces exerted by the moon and sun.
Tides originate in the ocean and
progress toward the coastlines where
they appear as the regular rise and
fall of the sea surface.
Currents
The continuous, predictable,
directional movement of seawater
driven by gravity, wind (Coriolis
Effect), and water density. Ocean
water moves in two directions:
horizontally and vertically.
Rip Currents
Current
is a specific type of water current that
Surface Currents
can occur near beaches where waves
break. A rip is a strong, localized, and
narrow current of water that moves Differences in water density, resulting
directly away from the shore by cutting from the variability of water
through the lines of breaking waves, like a temperature (thermo) and salinity
river flowing out to sea. (haline), also cause ocean currents. This
process is known as thermohaline
circulation.
Ocean waves are very important for weather
forecasting and climate modelling as well as
for coastal communities, shipping routes and
offshore industry. The tides assist in the
removal of pollutants and the circulation of
nutrients that ocean plants and animals Deep Ocean Currents
require to survive. Ocean currents regulate
are driven by global wind systems
global climate, helping to counteract the
uneven distribution of solar radiation reaching that are fueled by energy from the sun.
These currents transfer heat from the
Earth's surface. Without currents in the ocean,
regional temperatures would be more extreme tropics to the polar regions, influencing
— super hot at the equator and frigid toward local and global climate.
the poles — and much less of Earth's land
would be habitable.