As sea level rises and coastal populations increase, the vulnerability of human populations to coastal hazards decreases. correct answers False
Which is NOT a way that humans cause coastal change? correct answers Ecological damage, Pollution- runoff, marine debris, Unintended consequences of sho...
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As sea level rises and coastal populations increase, the vulnerability of human populations to
coastal hazards decreases. correct answers False
Which is NOT a way that humans cause coastal change? correct answers Ecological damage,
Pollution- runoff, marine debris, Unintended consequences of shore protection
Stabilizing sea-level and a moderating climate appear to be linked to the advent of human
settlement of coastal regions. correct answers True
What is a theme that we will cover in this course? correct answers How people are affected by
coastal change?
How people cause coastal change?
How people respond to coastal change?
What does a coastal geomorphologist study? correct answers Why coastal landforms change
What is the most recent theory of how humans migrated into North America? correct answers
Boats along the coast
What short-term events cause the most change on beaches and barrier islands? correct answers
Storms
What is not a reason why coasts were a great place for humans to occupy? correct answers
Frequent storms bring in nutrients
Nuisance flooding occurs commonly now because...? correct answers Sea-level has risen
T or F: Forams can be used as indicators of past climate because the carbon isotopes contain a
record of past ocean chemistry. correct answers False
What is the term that means the area that wind can blow across the created waves? correct
answers Fetch
Why do the rates of sea-level rise vary throughout the world? correct answers Land subsidence
and differential land uplift
T or F: Sea-level rise can affect the zonation of coastal habitats and associated organisms correct
answers True
Relative sea-level is measured using: correct answers Tide gauge data
T of F: Berms and dunes can be found in the nearshore zone correct answers False
The worst time for a storm surge to occur would be during a: correct answers Spring tide
, T or F: Eustatic sea-level can change by a sandbar migrating onshore. correct answers False
T or F: sea-level has never been higher than it is today correct answers False
Lake Michigan began to approach modern water levels: correct answers Around 2,500 years ago
What is NOT a sub-environment of the barrier island complex? correct answers Pelagic zone
Berm crests can be found on which of the following beaches? correct answers Berm crests can be
found on all of these beaches
Beach ridges mark the position of former Great Lakes ______________. correct answers
Shorelines
Since 2014, Lake Michigan water levels have been _________ than the long term average.
correct answers Higher
T or F: The best way to predict future coastal change is to move the dynamic shoreline landward
by a linear amount. Change along the coast is almost always the same from year to year. correct
answers False
Where was the approximate shoreline of the U.S East Coast during the Last Glacial Maximum?
correct answers Continental Shelf
T or F: Wind plays a critical role in creating a storm surge. correct answers True
T or F: Seiches and meteotsunamis are the same. correct answers False
From September through December Lake Michigan water level should: correct answers
Decrease towards the annual minimum
Relative Sea Level is.... correct answers Global Sea Level
Local Sea Level is.... correct answers Relative Sea Level
Since the 1970's, shore ice cover throughout the Great Lakes has been: correct answers Generally
decreasing
T or F: The only true tides are astronomical tides? correct answers True
T or F: There are only two ways to change eustatic sea-level: 1. Move the continents around
and/or 2. Change the volume of water in the oceans. correct answers True
A seiche is a: correct answers Basin-scale oscillation in water level
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