Waves are a form of energy which in the case of ocean waves, lifts water up as it moves along. Behind the wave it falls and rises again a few times which is why you get more than one ripple from a ...

Men have always been fascinated, and sometimes awed, by the rhythmic motions of the sea's surface. A century of observation and experiment has revealed much about how these waves are generated and ...

These ripples are waves travelling through the water. Like ocean waves, these ripples are transverse waves because the surface of the water moves up and down, at 90° to the direction that the ...