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Shoreline Formation and Factors

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What is the primary boundary formed by a shoreline?

The boundary between the land surface and water bodies (correct)

The boundary between the lake and the river

The boundary between the ocean and the sea

The boundary between the water surface and the atmosphere

What is the main cause of changes in the shoreline?

Gravitational force of the moon

Wind-generated waves (correct)

Supply and transport of sediments

Tectonic activity

Which factor has a higher gravitational force on Earth?

The sun

The wind

The Earth's gravity

The moon (correct)

What determines the climate in a coastal region?

The latitude of the region Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of the convergent and divergent movement of plates on a large scale?

Changes in the shoreline Signup and view all the answers

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. Signup and view all the answers

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 Signup and view all the answers

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 Signup and view all the answers

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 Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the islands that are formed parallel to the shoreline due to the deposition of sediments?

Barrier islands Signup and view all the answers

What type of coastal wetland area is formed when flooded by saltwater during high tides?

Salt marshes Signup and view all the answers

What is the main process responsible for the formation of spits?

Longshore drift Signup and view all the answers

Where is sediment deposition likely to occur?

Both b and c Signup and view all the answers

What is affected by the longshore drift?

Both beach and shoreline Signup and view all the answers

What is formed over time due to longshore drift near the beach?

A spit Signup and view all the answers