Multiple Choice
As a wave approaches the shoreline and enters shallower water, energy and water move forward causing the water to rise and cascade down from the wave crest as a breaker. These waves are called
A) waves of translation.
B) swells.
C) waves of transition.
D) tidal waves.
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