Exam 19: Coastal Processes and Landforms

___________ is (are)the vertical distance between the wave crest and the base of the wave trough.

Regular,predictable,long-term oscillations associated with the depths of the world's oceans are called waves.

Wave base refers to the vertical distance between the wave crest and the level of water if it were still.

The distance of unimpeded air flow along the surface of a body of water is called:

The portion of the coastline that extends outward into a large body of water is called a beach point.

A brackish body of water that lies behind a baymouth bar is called a(n)

What are spits and baymouth bars? What process are they associated with,and why are they important?

The word tsunami is Japanese meaning

A spit is a linear dune that fronts the backshore as a result of eolian processes moving sediment.

_____________ refer(s)to the vertical distance between the wave crest and the level of water if it were still.

After the high point of a wave passes,the water lowers into the

As a result of wave action along a shoreline,describe the four stages of bluff formation and retreat.

The transport of sediment by longshore current is called

Surf is the process of the water moving forward on the shore.

The bending of waves around a feature in the water is called wave bending.

_______ are oscillations in a body of water that form due to the wind blowing across the surface of the water.

Water that has salinity of less than 35 parts per thousand is called hypersaline.

The ocean is a large body of salt water that covers 85% of the Earth.

Littoral processes transport sediment along the shore zone.

A low wall built at a right angle from the shore out a short distance into the water is called