Exam 20: Coastal Processes and Terrain

A(n) ________ shoreline is one with numerous estuaries.

Spray from breaking waves has been found to move at more than ________ miles an hour.

Miami Beach is actually a barrier island. Miami Beach has been heavily developed with hotels and condominiums. Speculate on why Miami Beach has had to have its beach sand replenished.

A coast embayed with numerous estuaries is likely to be ________.

The cascading forward motion of breaking waves as they rush upon the shore is called ________.

In the last few thousand years, sea level changes have resulted from all but ________.

Which of the following is NOT associated with tides?

Seismic sea waves may also be referred to as ________.

Which of the following is NOT a beach area regularly covered by water?

The distance between one wave crest and the next is known as the ________.

Compared to other causes, wind is a minor generator of wave action along coasts.

Calcium carbonate affects coastal landforms because it is produced in huge amounts by ________.

Most atolls began as ________ around volcanic islands which later subsided beneath the sea.

The fate of most coastal lagoons is to be filled in and become part of the land itself.

Coral fringes nearly all tropical coastlines.

A(n) ________ is attached to and built out from the shoreline.

Which of the following is FALSE?

Water moving roughly parallel to the shoreline is called ________.

Only after ________ have attained large size, do they begin to migrate toward the shore.

Terraces are usually closer to the coastline than are wave-cut benches.