Waves, the Arms of the Sea

Pictures Tell a Thousand Words Look at each wave picture and discuss with a partner: What might be causing the wave? How is the wave affecting the land?

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Image courtesy of Brocken Inaglory

Image courtesy of Johntex

Image courtesy of NOAA

Image courtesy of Brocken Inaglory

Credits (1989) North Pacific Storm Waves [Photograph] Retrieved April 2, 2015, from: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/bigs/wea00816.jpg (2002). Waves at La Jolla [Photograph], Retrieved April 2, 2015, from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waves_lajolla.jpg Johntex. (Photographer). (2006). Gentle Ocean waves come in at a Sandy Beach [Photograph], Retrieved April 2, 2015 from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gentle_waves_come_in_at_ a_sandy_beach.JPG Inaglory, Brocken. (Photographer). (2007) Waves in Pacifica[Photograph], Retrieved April 2, 2015 from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_wave#/media/File:Waves_in_paci fica_1.jpg Inaglory, Brocken. (Photographer). (2009). Cliff Erosion [Photograph], Retrieved April 2, 2015, from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2011-07- 27#/media/File:Bluff_erosion_in_Pacifica_2.jpg