🔍 Key Concepts

• Storm surge formation on enclosed waters (Great Lakes vs. ocean coasts) • How wind direction along the long axis of a lake affects water piling up • The relationship between rapidly subsiding winds and seiche (standing wave) formation

💭 Think About

• Think about where storm surge effects would be strongest: in the deepest mid-lake water or where water can be physically piled up? • Which choices describe how wind can temporarily move water to one end of a long, narrow lake and what happens when the wind suddenly drops? • Consider which option does NOT match the typical behavior of water level changes in long, enclosed lakes during and after strong winds.

✅ Before You Answer

• For each option, ask: Does this match how water physically behaves when wind pushes it along a long, enclosed lake? • Visualize a long bathtub (the lake) and strong wind blowing from one end to the other. Where would water levels rise and fall, and what happens when the blowing stops suddenly? • Check which statement talks about where storm surges are ‘common’ and decide if that location makes sense for water piling up.