Question

With height, wind speed in the atmosphere would _______________. with depth, the effect of wind on the water column would _________________. increase; decrease increase; increase

Answer 1

height-increase; depth- decrease

Answer 2

With height, wind speed in the atmosphere would increase. With depth, the effect of wind on the water column would decrease.

Step-by-step explanation:

Wind speed, which is usually measured between 10 and 30 meters above sea level, increases as the height above the ground increases: the higher up you move (i.e., the more the height increases), the more the wind speed increases.

On the other hand, the effect of wind on water column (i.e., the wind stress which is the pressure that wind exerts on water at a coast or land) varies inversely with the depth of water: the deeper down you move (i.e., the more the depth increases), the more the effect of wind on water column decreases.