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As an ocean wave approaches the shallow water near a shoreline, it begins to lose energy because of friction with the ocean bottom. This causes the wave to slow down. As the wave becomes shallower, incoming wave crests gradually catch up with the slower wave crests ahead resulting in a wavelength that decreases from crest-to-crest. The incoming wave becomes higher, steeper, and unstable, and their crests collapse forward. Breakers, as seen in the picture, are collapsing waves. The motion of wave crests also influences the formation of a breaker. Breakers are less affected by friction than wave troughs and thus overrun the troughs. The collapsing crests of breakers moving at high speeds toward shore play a major role in shaping shorelines.
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What ocean motion occurs when a wave strikes the bottom of the ocean?
A breaker wave, a surf.
A breaker forms as a result of friction from a trough passing over the ocean floor.?
true
How do you use breaker in a sentence?
The breaker hit my face. Then made me tumble in the ice cold ocean water. I was so scared. I started to sweat. So badly my crush saw and ignored me for the rest of my life. Even though i am a movie star.
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