What does it mean to call a wave periodic, cyclic, or a disturbance?

The summit of chimborazo, in ecuador, which is at a distance of about 6,384 km from the earth’s center. the bottom of the mariana trench, in the western pacific ocean, which is nearly 6,370 km from the center of the earth. on the surface of earth on the equator line.

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At an oceanside nuclear power plant, seawater is used as part of the cooling system. this raises the temperature of the water that is discharged back into the ocean. the amount that the water temperature is raised has a uniform distribution over the interval from 10° to 25° c. what is the standard deviation of the temperature increase?