Exam 16: The Oceans, Coastal Processes, and Wind Processes

Wave action works to straighten a coast as wave energy focuses around headlands and tends to disperse energy in coves and bays in a process called

Which of the following is correct regarding mean sea level?

High tides are known as ________ whereas low tides are kown as ________.

Elongated, streamlined ridges aligned parallel to the most effective wind direction are called

Tsunamis generated by earthquakes form giant waves while traveling in the open ocean.

Which of the following affect the chemical composition of seawater?

A longshore current involves all of the following except

Which side of a dune typically has a slope angle equal to that of the angle of repose for sand?

A beach acts to stabilize a shoreline by absorbing wave energy, even though materials are in almost constant motion.

The coastal environment and shallow offshore environment is also known as the littoral zone.

Coral bleaching refers to

Mangrove swamps tend to occur at higher latitudes.

Human intervention along a coastline intended to interrupt beach drift can include all of the following except

The sinuous, branching channels that characterize a salt marsh result from

Changing tides are not of geomorphic significance along coastlines.

Corals can photosynthesize and, therefore, provide their own nutrients.

A ________ is deposited sediment that connects a shoreline with an offshore island.

Describe the process of wave motion.

Large, lithified formations of calcium carbonate formed from both living and skeletal coral colonies are called

Beaches are