do water waves carry things ?

Answer 1

A wave is a way in which energy travels from one place to another. There are many kinds of waves, such as water waves, sound waves, light waves, radio waves, microwaves and earthquake waves. All waves have some things in common.

The highest point the waves reaches is called the crest. The lowest point is called the trough. The distance from one crest to the next is the wave length. The number of waves that pass a given point in one second is the wave's frequency.


When wind blows over the ocean's surface, it creates waves. Their size depends on how far, how fast and how long the wind blows. A brief, gently breeze forms patches of tiny ripples on the surface called catspaws; strong, steady winds over long distances create large waves. But even when you feel no wind at all, you may encounter large swells created by distant storms.

In the open sea, waves make floating boats bob up and down instead of pushing them along. This is because the waves travel through water, the do not take the water with them. As a wave arrives it lifts water particles. These travel forward, then down and back so that each particle completes a circle. Circling movements of particles near the surface set off smaller circling movements below them.


Waves only seem to carry water with them; in fact each wave crest sets water

Answer 2

Waves do not move anything but energy most of the time. In theory, the thing waves move through (medium) should return to where it originally was. It's like that toy with the balls some people use on their desks. (not sure what it's called) The end ball slams into the other and the other end ball flies off, then slams into the others again. That's a wave.

Waves in the ocean move in a circle, returning them to approximately the same position as they originated. However, when the wave is pushed up by the underwater landscape, like when a tsunami is coming ashore, it's like that ball analogy i used earlier. The water particles can't hit any more water particles, so they keep going in the direction they were originally headed.

Answer 3

No, water waves also called ripples only transfer energy from one point to other, objects just stay where they are.
This you will not observe in big flowing water bodies because there it is water current, so objects flow along with water.
Take a big bowl and fill it with water. Place a light wood in it and let the surface settles. Then throw a coin in it, u will see ripples spreading out from the disturbance point but the wood simply stays there, getting up and down.

Answer 4

Water waves carry things
they never move as fast
as the waves would have

Answer 5

I don't think so, it is the force that the huge mass of water exerts that carry things.

Answer 6

Yes it can carry a lot of things, fish, turtle, rubbish, plastic bag, shells, boots, coconut, sand, crab, jellyfish, small stones...

Answer 7

yes.. they do... a lot depends on their speed.

Answer 8

surfers

Answer 9

anything that will float

Answer 10

yes, i.e. sound