Geo midterm 3.4
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Which of the following is a linear bank of land that extends into a bay made by the deposition of longshore sediment?

  • A Barrier Island
  • A tombolo
  • A Spit (correct)
  • A baymouth bar
  • Retrogradation is the process of the shoreline building outward through deposition

    False

    A surface river or stream that flows into a sinkhole, moving into an underground river system, is called a disappearing stream

    True

    A coral reef evolves through the growth of small marine organisms and can be categorized as a fringing reef, barrier reef, or atoll

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A former river valley along the coast that is flooded by rising sea level is called a fjord

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    All these are igneous rocks except

    <p>Sill</p> Signup and view all the answers

    All these are sedimentary rocks; sandstone, shale, limestone, coal

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    All these are metamorphic rocks except

    <p>coal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The three types of reef are these except

    <p>shallow</p> Signup and view all the answers

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