Question

Which statement best describes the movement of ocean waves? Water moves across the ocean's surface water remains in the same place as wave (energy) travels through it water moves because there is a difference in density of the water creating a wave none of these

Answer 1

Answer:

water remains in the same place as wave (energy) travels through it

Explanation:

Winds influence the ocean and its movements. Air current running on the ocean surface transfers energy to water. A wave is nothing else than energy. When the winds provide energy to the water surface and produce waves, it occurs a particular water molecules´ motion. They move in circles from up to down, up to a certain depth, and go back to the surface. And they do so while energy from the wave is passing through. Waves are the ones that move through the ocean until they reach the shore, where the energy is transferred to land. Water molecules remain in the same general area, while energy travels from molecule to molecule as a wave.