Mar I - Chap 14-16 Quiz Review

The offshore sand buildup shown by #4 in the diagram (click to enlarge) is a

• Summer Berm

• Winter Berm

• Dunes

• Sandbar

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The sandy hill feature represented by #1 (click to enlarge) is important because it

• Protects the beach from getting blown away by wind off the water

• Allows diseases such as lyme disease to thrive, which is good

• Actually hurts the beach by taking up valuable beach blanket space

• Is never used as a nesting area for birds and turtles

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The reason the winter berm (#3 - click to enlarge) is smaller than the summer berm (#2) is because in the winter

• the waves are calmer, making the beach smaller

• the waves are rougher, making the beach smaller

• More people are at the beach, causing more erosion

• The longer winter days cause more erosion

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The main reason the east coast has sandy beaches, and the west coast has rocky, cliff type beaches is

• The east coast is a trailing edge coast, and the west coast is a collisional coast

• The west coast is a trailing edge coast, and the east coast is a collisional coast

• The west coast never has earthquakes

• The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are actually about the same size.

The celestial body that affect the Earth's tide the most is

• Mars

• Europa

• The Moon

• Mercury

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An example of a SECONDARY COAST that protects Long Island from erosion from the Atlantic Ocean is

• The Long Island Expressway

• The great Long Island Mountain Range

• Bayshore and Babylon shoreline

• Fire Island (a barrier island)

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An example of a beach shoreline created by river sediment is

• Long Island, NY

• New Orleans, LA

• Jackson, WY

• Miami, Florida

Waves on the ocean are most often caused by

• wind

• earthquakes

• rotation of the earth

• revolution of the earth around the sun

The highest point on a wave is called the

• trough

• wavelength

• crest

• frequency

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The movement of water along the shoreline that moves large amounts of sand is called the

• high tide

• longshore current

• low tide

• sunscreen