Multiple Choice
The shorelines are ________.
A) dynamic landscape features balanced between erosion and deposition, by wind and waves
B) principally molded by intermittent geologic cataclysms like earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions
C) ancient geologic oddities, shaped long ago by continent and ocean geometries
D) constant features determined only by sea level and elevation
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