You are on your honeymoon but the only thing you can notice is that waves which strike the shore do so traveling directly towards it. This is an effect of
A) refraction, because as the water shallows the waves are bent so as to travel more directly towards the shore.
B) interference because the shore is sending out waves which straighten out the water waves.
C) friction with the shore, because all the sideways traveling momentum the wave has is removed with friction.
D) reflection, because the waves reflect off the ocean bottom and get straightened out.

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Refraction occurs as waves travel from deeper to shallower water, causing them to slow down and change direction to become more aligned with the shore. This bending effect is due to the decrease in wave speed as water depth decreases.

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