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jazziefee

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on: Aug 22, 2018

When a wind wave gets higher than its maximum wave steepness, it will break, and excess energy from the wind will
  be dissipated as turbulence, which may be seen as whitecaps or combers.


 

a. True
  b. False



Question 2

Some shallow-water waves have energy that moves at upwards of 760 km per hour.
  a. True
  b. False



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mcabuhat

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Reply #1 on: Aug 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

True

Answer to Question 2

True


jazziefee

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Reply 2 on: Aug 22, 2018
Gracias!

steff9894

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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