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Test Exam 3 for Final SDSU Oceanography 100 Exam Questions with Verified Answers The Coastal region - the parts of the coastal region, starting with the coast all the way to the offshore (we looked at about 6); What wave energy does to a coastal cliff over time - how? Rivers and cliff erosion? ; what about southern California sand supply? - CORRECT ANSWER-Coast: land extending inland as far as marine influence is seen (ex. SD at coast) Offshore: extends from breakers to edge of conti...

SDSU Oceanography100 (Exam 3) Questions And Answers 100% Verified What are the parts of a coastal region? - answerCoast, offshore, beach, berm, notch, wave- cut platform What does wave energy do to a coastal cliff over time? - answerWave Energy erodes the cliff, eventually creating sea stacks, caves and arches What do rivers and cliff erosion have to do with sand to the berm? - answerRivers: some carry more sediment to the ocean than longshore currents Cliff Erosion: sediments erode to j...

Coastline correct answers The where the land meets the sea Fetch * correct answers The distance over which the wind can blow What does a large fetch cause? correct answers powerful waves What does a small fetch cause? correct answers less powerful waves Prevailing wind correct answers The direction the usual wind comes from What is the prevailing wind in the UK? correct answers In the UK, the prevailing wind is southwesterly, the wind blows, uninterrupted from central America acro...

What are the parts of a coastal region? - Coast, offshore, beach, berm, notch, wave-cut platform What does wave energy do to a coastal cliff over time? - Wave Energy erodes the cliff, eventually creating sea stacks, caves and arches What do rivers and cliff erosion have to do with sand to the berm? - Rivers: some carry more sediment to the ocean than longshore currents Cliff Erosion: sediments erode to join the berm How is the sand supply in Southern California? - Because of seawalls, ...

14: Thermocline thin layer where temperature changes more rapidly with depth than it does in the layers above or below pynocline is the cline or layer where the density gradient is greatest within a body of water source of sea salts chemical weathering of rock what factors control the salinity of seawater? precipitation and evaporation what factors control the density of seawater? temp and salinity 15: beach drift Type of erosion where sediment moves in a...

CIE Geography (9696), This summary covers Coastal Environments, which is chapter 8 in the A-Level Advanced Physical Geography A-Level syllabus. The topics covered in the summary: Wave generation and characteristics Breaking waves, Constructive waves, Destructive waves Wave refraction Coastal erosion Marine erosion: Hydraulic action, Abrasion, Attrition, Solution Sub-aerial processes: Salt weathering,freeze-thaw weathering, biological weathering, solution weathering, slaking Wave transpor...

Ocean 100 Exam 3 Questions With 100% Verified Answers The Coastal region - the parts of the coastal region, starting with the coast all the way to the offshore (we looked at about 6); What wave energy does to a coastal cliff over time - how? Rivers and cliff erosion? ; what about southern California sand supply? - answerCoast: land extending inland as far as marine influence is seen (ex. SD at coast) Offshore: extends from breakers to edge of continental shelf Beach: shore and nearshore, ...

Geography (AQA GCSE) Latest Update Already Passed How are waves formed The wind blowing over the sea, friction with the surface of the water causes ripples to form and these develop into waves Constructive waves Low waves that surge up the beach, powerful swash weak backwash, deposit large amounts of material, crests far apart, gently sloping wave front Destructive waves Formed by local storms near the coast, powerful backwash, closely spaced, high and steep, weak swash, narrow the beach, stee...

The Gulf of Mexico experiences this type of tidal pattern- 1 high tide and 1 low tide a day. - Answer-Diurnal Tide The weakest tides produced twice each month. Occurring during the 1st and 3rd quarter phases of the moon, when the Earth, moon, and sun are at right angles to each other. - Answer-Neap Tide East coast experiences this type of tidal pattern - 2 high tides and 2 low tides a day - Answer-Semidiurnal Tides A large mass of continuously moving ocean water is known as a ... - Ans...

SDSU Oceanography100 (Exam 3) Questions And Answers 100% Verified What are the parts of a coastal region? - answerCoast, offshore, beach, berm, notch, wave- cut platform What does wave energy do to a coastal cliff over time? - answerWave Energy erodes the cliff, eventually creating sea stacks, caves and arches What do rivers and cliff erosion have to do with sand to the berm? - answerRivers: some carry more sediment to the ocean than longshore currents Cliff Erosion: sediments erode to j...