Multiple Choice
Individual sand grains move along a beach:
A) straight in the direction of the longshore current.
B) straight offshore.
C) in circles up and down the beach face but not horizontally down the beach.
D) in a zigzag pattern in the direction of longshore currents.
E) only during storms.
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