15 Questions
What is the primary boundary formed by a shoreline?
The boundary between the land surface and water bodies
What is the main cause of changes in the shoreline?
Wind-generated waves
Which factor has a higher gravitational force on Earth?
The moon
What determines the climate in a coastal region?
The latitude of the region
What is the result of the convergent and divergent movement of plates on a large scale?
Changes in the shoreline
What is the primary difference between a shoreline and a coastline?
Shoreline is a boundary of a land area, whereas coastline is a boundary of a continent.
What is the name of the rigid, resistant rock bodies that are left out when the action of sea waves breaks down the adjacent, softer rocks?
Headlands
What is the name of the near-horizontal narrow ridge on the beach that is oriented parallel to the water body and reflects the amount of sediments deposited in the past several weeks/months?
Beach berm
What is the term used to describe the smaller water bodies found in the coastal region separated from a more extensive water body by naturally forming barriers?
Lagoons
What is the term used to describe the islands that are formed parallel to the shoreline due to the deposition of sediments?
Barrier islands
What type of coastal wetland area is formed when flooded by saltwater during high tides?
Salt marshes
What is the main process responsible for the formation of spits?
Longshore drift
Where is sediment deposition likely to occur?
Both b and c
What is affected by the longshore drift?
Both beach and shoreline
What is formed over time due to longshore drift near the beach?
A spit
Learn about the definition of a shoreline, its boundary with land and water, and the two main factors that affect it: sea waves and tides. Understand how wind speed impacts the shoreline and the role of tides.
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