Surfers waves

Pre-viewing:

1. Where do ocean waves come from? What gets them started? The oceans waves are made by energy, which comes from the wind way out at sea.
2. What do you think a surfer should know about waves before they try and ride a wave while surfing?

Question for the Video:

1. Observe all the waves that you see and describe how they form and break. Use as many words found in the segment for you descriptions. The big waves at maverick when the time is right. it starts out miles in the sea. They are caused by the interaction by the wind and the water. The energy comes from the wind blowing on the sea. The waves are measured by height, frequency and width. When the wind is stronger, the waves are bigger and more powerful. When the energy from the waves hit the bottom of the sea, all the energy is pushed upwards and gives the waves there height. Refraction focuses the energy and pushes it into a wave. The waves break when they hit the sea bed and it sort of trips and pushes the top of the wave over the edge as the base slows down.
2. Describe how waves are formed, how they originate, and how they are measured? The waves are formed by the energy of the wind. The stronger the wind the bigger the wave.  The waves are measured by height, frequency and width and originate miles out at sea.
3. What is a maverick wave and what is special about the way it is formed? A maverick wave is a very big wave which holds a lot of energy and once it hits the sea bed, the energy is forced upwards, giving it its massive height.
4. How is energy stored and transferred during wave? Energy is stored inside the wave, going around in circular motions like a wheel and is transferred by the wind blowing on the wave and moving it, making small ripples and as more and more wind hits it it grows in size
5. List any kind of advice given by the surfers about how to survive these “big waves.” Be careful, down't over judge the wave and ride the fire before the wrath of god comes down all at once.

Homework:

1. Design a blog post on your blog of a big wave site from different parts of the world. Be sure to describe the geography and the topography of the ocean floor in these areas and how this helps create these massive waves. check out http://www.extremehorizon.com/surf-shop/big_waves.html for big waves around the world.