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When the Earth,Moon,and Sun are in alignment,this is called a ______ tide.

A) neat
B) spring
C) fall
D) neap
E) This cannot happen.

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Question 42

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________ is a spit that entirely closes a bay.

A) A spit
B) A baymouth bar
C) A lagoon
D) A tombolo
E) A jetty

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A spit that extends all the way across a bay is called a

__________ is the combined movement of both longshore drift and beach drift.

The vertical measurement of a wave from its crest to the base is called

After water breaking on the beach reaches its apex,it flows back to the ocean at a right angle to the shore as

An erosional ridge that marks the high water line and lies at the landward margin of the foreshore is called the beach ridge.

___________ is a small ridge on the bottom of the ocean that typically separates the offshore and foreshore.

Oceans cover about _____% surface of the Earth.

The "newest" body of water recognized to be an ocean is the

Depositional coastal features develop through the process of sediment accumulation.

Water that has salinity greater than 35 parts per thousand is called brine.

Water that has a salinity between 15 and 35 parts per thousand is considered

The water level during the Wisconsin glacial period was ________ than current levels.

Retrogradation is the process of the shoreline retreating through deposition.

A relatively small body of salt water that is surrounded by land on three sides and opens to a see or ocean is called a(n)

Which letter in the diagram represents breakers?

A semicircular reef that is most closely associated with degradation of volcanic islands is called a(n)

A fjord is a former glaciated valley along a coastline that is flooded by rising sea level.

Tsunamis are relatively small waves when they reach the shoreline.