ghost tree

Ghost Tree is located near Monterey Bay, California, just off the 18th hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Some say its scarier than Maverick's, heavier than Waimea Bay and among the most dangerous waves in the world.   Wave faces can reach heights of 70 feet, with a tube that stretches as long as a football pitch across a boneyard of black rock.   In 2007 this spot claimed the life of a local surfer, Peter Davi.

These waves are formed out at sea in harsh, stormy conditions and as they reach closer to shore, they hit rock shelves and rise dramatically.












Swell                                                                   Period                                                                  Wind




    

Above are three different views from space all showing different results of the moving water towards the California coastline. The wind and swell are the most important as they show where the wave is getting its main source of power. The wind photo shows us that the wave gains most of its wind power on the coast and just before it crashes.

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.

7.2 Questions

1. The wind is what causes waves. At first it starts with ripples, then those form wavelets and then waves.
2. The distance the wind travels over the ocean to form waves it known as fetch.
3. Waves in the open ocean don't break because they are higher up on the ocean seabed, but when they reach the shore they release there energy and break.
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6. Spilling waves are waves that break far from the beaches, meaning that body boarders can body board because they are safe from hitting anyone. Plunging waves are waves that break on the beach creating barrels. And surging waves are waves that just wash up, there are no breaks and its just a gental wave that rolls up the beach, creating erosion.
7. Wind swells are when the wind hits the water and greats waves that are close to the shore. These waves occur more frequently because they are close to the shore. Ground waves are a lot less frequent and occur way out in the ocean, creating bigger waves.
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9. There are three types of waves that you must look out for, so if you want to find the best ones, you need to know what ones you like. There are spilling waves, which break on the shores, best for body boarding and swimming. Plunging waves, which are the best for surfers because there are barrels. And then there's surging waves which are flat waves which no breaks.

Sorry sir i couldnt get the pictures where i wanted them so there at the top.

Vocab words

Population- There's been an increase of population over the past years and this has been due to a lot of immigration, higher birth rates and lower death rates

Inappropriate development- homes are being demolished for more hotels to be brought in, this means there's more space for people to buy apartments on the coast which causes more population in that area

Tourism and recreational pressure- As people have moved to the coast, the pollution and over population is forming

7.1 questions

1. With 85% of Australia's population living in urban areas just 50 km from the coast, this has caused a numerous amount of geographical issues such as over population and others ranging from various groups.
2. If its not sustainable then many problems could arise.
3. population growth
4. some cities have applied residential caps or a population ceiling in an effort to stop over population
5. Population- There has been a increase of population over the past decade and this has been a facture of immigration, illegal and legal, higher birth rates and lower death rates

Pollution- with the increase in population there has been more pollution. This is caused by more people throwing out there rubbish without thinking about what they were doing or why were they doing it

Inappropriate development- houses are being demolished for more hotels to be brought in, this means there's more spaces open for people to buy apartments on the coast which causes more over population

Tourism and recreational pressure- With more people coming over to stay on the coast, this adds to the pollution and over population

      6. They help a lot to try and fix the problems that need help being solved. They help the residents of the place they are trying to help.

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Question 1-11 pg 113

1. It causes an economic hardship for agricultural population which effects businesses
2. It caused there neighbours to buy there land which increased there farm area, but as the farms area's increased, the farms in general decreased.
3. The wool industry collapsed, grazers sold many of there sheep which meant there were lesser jobs on farms, and rising costs in agriculture
4. if more machinery is being used, then there would be no need for jobs and more people are getting fired.
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