Question

Consider the following events that take place when rip currents occur.

A. Waves travel to the beach.
B. Waves are trapped by the sandbars.
C. Waves reach the shore and go back to the ocean.
D. Waves speed up and flow between the sandbars.
E. Waves are broken by the sandbars.

Which list shows the order of events in the production of rip currents?

A, B, C, D, E
A, D, C, B, E
A, E, C, B, D
A, E, C, D, B

Answer 1

A, E, C, B, D

Reason: Waves travel to the beach (A) and break on sandbars (E). The broken waves push water toward shore and it returns (C). That returning water is trapped by the sandbars except where gaps exist (B), and it speeds up as it flows seaward through those gaps, forming rip currents (D).