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SDSU Oceanography 100 (Exam 3) Questions and Answers Already Passed 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 H...

Ocean 100- Exam 3 (SDSU) Latest Version Graded A+ coast land extending inland as far as marine influence is seen offshore extends from breakers to edge of continental shelf beach shore and nearshore; very active (where waves break) berm dry area at the foot of coastal cliff (where the sand is and you put your towel) Berm floods when.... -very high tide -tsunami -storm swells/ breakers wave- cut platform flat eroded bedrock at beach, by wave energy notch cave cut into th...

A map is defined as a graphic representation of a portion of the Earth's surface drawn to scale, as seen from above. It uses colors, symbols, and labels to represent features found on the ground. -The ideal representation would be realized if every feature of the area being mapped could be shown in true shape. -The purpose of a map is to provide information on the existence, location, and distance between ground features, such as populated places and routes of travel and communication. I...

Fjord correct answersA long narrow inlet with steep cliffs created by glacial erosion (commonly found in Washington State) The Alps were formed... correct answers...by the collision of the African and Eurasian continents (the alps are not made of volcanic rock) Three Main Types of Rocks correct answersIgneous - Obsidian, Basalt, Granite (made from lava/ volcanic activity) Metamorphic - Slate, Gneiss, Phyllis (made under extreme pressure and temperature) Sedimentary - Limestone, Shal...

Practice EXAM 3 SacramentoGriloOceanography 100 Questions and Answers Latest Updated What do you think the coast is? - CORRECT ANSWER-the land of the continent adjacent to the beach coastline - CORRECT ANSWER-edge of the coastal cliffs wave-cut platforms - CORRECT ANSWER-flat eroded bedrock at the beach (due to ocean wave enegy) What made wave-cut platforms flat? - CORRECT ANSWER-erosion What is a possible cause of wave-cut platforms? - CORRECT ANSWER-uplift by plate tectonics, whi...

Second Continental Congress - ANSWER-A convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Townshend Acts (1767) - ANSWER-A series of British acts passed beginning in 1767 and relating to the British American colonies in North America. Thirteen Colonies - ANSWER-A group ...

Ocean 100 Exam 3 Latest Update Graded A+ Coast Land extending inland as far as marine influence is seen. Marine influence ex: fog, vegetation, etc. Offshore Extends from breakers to the edge of continental shore. Beach Shore and nearshore. Very active. Berm Dry area at foot of the coastal cliff: sand. Covered in water during high tide, storm, and tsunami. What do waves do to the coast over time? Erosion. What are the sources of sand to the beach? River and cliff erosion. Su...

Fjord - ANSWERSA long narrow inlet with steep cliffs created by glacial erosion (commonly found in Washington State) The Alps were formed... - ANSWERS...by the collision of the African and Eurasian continents (the alps are not made of volcanic rock) Three Main Types of Rocks - ANSWERSIgneous - Obsidian, Basalt, Granite (made from lava/ volcanic activity) Metamorphic - Slate, Gneiss, Phyllis (made under extreme pressure and temperature) Sedimentary - Limestone, Shale, Sandstone (made...

Fjord - ANSWERSA long narrow inlet with steep cliffs created by glacial erosion (commonly found in Washington State) The Alps were formed... - ANSWERS...by the collision of the African and Eurasian continents (the alps are not made of volcanic rock) Three Main Types of Rocks - ANSWERSIgneous - Obsidian, Basalt, Granite (made from lava/ volcanic activity) Metamorphic - Slate, Gneiss, Phyllis (made under extreme pressure and temperature) Sedimentary - Limestone, Shale, Sandstone (made...

SDSU OCEANS 100 EXAM 3 LATEST UPDATE GRADED A+ the coastal region (6 parts) 1) coast 2) offshore 3) beach 4) berm 5) notch 6) wave coast land extending inland as far as marine is seen; land adjacent to the beach affected by the ocean offshore extends from breakers to edge of continental shelf beach shore and nearshore; very active berm dry area at foot of coastal cliff; sand notch cave cut into sea cliff by waves wave-cut platform flat eroded bedrock at beach created by ...