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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, ...

SDSU OCEANS 100 EXAM 3 Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) The coastal region (6 parts) - answer1) coast 2) offshore 3) beach 4) berm 5) notch 6) wave coast - answerland extending inland as far as marine is seen; land adjacent to the beach affected by the ocean offshore - answerextends from breakers to edge of continental shelf beach - answershore and nearshore; very active berm - answerdry area at foot of coastal cliff; sand notch - answercave cut into sea cliff by waves wave-...

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...

Astro Chapter 7Sun aka - correct answer king of the solar system the sun is ... of solar system's mass - correct answer 99.9% what is the sun made of? - correct answer hydrogen and helium the sun converts - correct answer converts 4 million tons of mass into energy each second how does the sun influence the planets - correct answer gravity: regulates orbits heat: temperature of the planets visible light high energy particles: stream out of the sun to influence planetary atmospher...

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...

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Earth Science Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers Latest 2024/2025 | Graded A+. The closer isolines are... - ANSWER the steeper the gradient (diagram: North side is steepest) 3. The altitude of Polaris equals... - ANSWER the latitude of the observer Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66.5 degrees North 4. The Earth rotates - ANSWER West to east 15 degrees per hour in 24 hours or one day 5. Latitude lines run Longitude lines run - ANSWER east-west, but measure north or south of the equ...

GY Learn Smart CH 15 Final Practice Exam Questions 2024. The area that includes the shoreline and a strip of adjacent land and water is the ___. - CORRECT ANSWER coastal zone Which of the following statements are true regarding tides? (Select all that apply.) - CORRECT ANSWER The difference between high and low tides is usually between 1 to 3 meters; They are cyclic changes in the height of the sea surface; In most places, high and low tide occur every 12 hours and 25 minutes. The ___...

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...

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