Exam 15: Oceans, Shorelines, and Shoreline Processes

Currents that form from the collective movement of wave water refracted off a shoreline are:

Large-scale surface water circulation systems in the oceans are known as ____________________.

The transfer of water from depth to the surface is known as ____________________.The transfer of water in the opposite direction is known as ____________________.

The rising tide is also known as the ____________________ tide.The falling tide is known as the ____________________ tide.

Why do wave sizes in ponds and lakes have less magnitude than those in oceans?

What are barrier islands,and where do they form? How does the sand migrate on barrier islands?

High water that occurs with the eye of a storm coupled with storm waves reach a shoreline is called ____________________.

Describe how waves are generated.

How do shoreline processes tend to straighten an initially irregular shoreline?

The bending of waves toward shore as they approach from an oblique angle is called wave ____________________.

What options do geologists and engineers have in combating the effects of rising sea level?

Waves are oscillations of the water surface.

Describe how a coast can become emergent.

Energy is transferred from wind to water to create waves by ____________________.

The distance from one crest (or trough)to the next in a wave is the ____________________.

In most locations ocean water salinity is in dynamic equilibrium,inputs equal outputs.What does this mean and what are the inputs and outputs for dissolved solids in seawater?

Why must elected official sand city planners of coastal communities understand the geologic processes of shorelines?

What is the most important agent for modifying the equilibrium profile of beaches?

How do marine terraces form?

Spits and baymouth bars are formed due to ____________________ currents.