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What is the primary factor that affects the direction and strength of longshore currents?
What is the primary factor that affects the direction and strength of longshore currents?
- Contact with other ocean currents
- Shape of the coastline
- Wind (correct)
- Velocity of waves
What is the result of a wave breaking at an acute angle on another wave or the beach?
What is the result of a wave breaking at an acute angle on another wave or the beach?
- The creation of rip currents
- A decrease in the velocity of the longshore current
- No change in the velocity of the longshore current
- An increase in the velocity of the longshore current (correct)
What is the primary function of longshore transport?
What is the primary function of longshore transport?
- To move sand and sediment parallel to the coastline (correct)
- To erode the coastline
- To create rip currents
- To move sand and sediment perpendicular to the coastline
What is the relationship between longshore drift and longshore transport?
What is the relationship between longshore drift and longshore transport?
What is the result of a strong longshore current on swimmers?
What is the result of a strong longshore current on swimmers?
What is the term for the water carried onshore by waves?
What is the term for the water carried onshore by waves?
What is the direction of swash as it arrives onshore?
What is the direction of swash as it arrives onshore?
What is the result of the combination of swash and backwash on the beach?
What is the result of the combination of swash and backwash on the beach?
What is the primary force responsible for the movement of backwash into the ocean?
What is the primary force responsible for the movement of backwash into the ocean?
What is the relationship between beach drift and longshore current?
What is the relationship between beach drift and longshore current?
What is the primary direction of movement of a longshore current?
What is the primary direction of movement of a longshore current?
What is another term used to describe a longshore current?
What is another term used to describe a longshore current?
What happens when waves from further out to sea meet the longshore current?
What happens when waves from further out to sea meet the longshore current?
What factor does NOT influence the longshore current?
What factor does NOT influence the longshore current?
What is the result of a strong longshore current meeting a rip current?
What is the result of a strong longshore current meeting a rip current?
