20: shorelines

Question 1

the transition zone between marine and continental environments

Answer 1

the shoreline

Question 2

a boundary where land, sea, and air meet and interact

Answer 2

dynamic interface

Question 3

uplifted wave cut platforms

Answer 3

marine terraces

Question 4

causes wave erosion to be concentrated against the sides and ends of headlands and dispersed in bays

Answer 4

wave refraction

Question 5

the sawing and grinding action of water armed with rock fragments

Answer 5

abrasion

Question 6

forms when the roof of a sea arch collapses

Answer 6

sea stacks

Question 7

created by the cutting action of the surf against the base of the coastal land

Answer 7

wave cut cliffs

Question 8

relatively flat surfaces left behind by receding cliffs

Answer 8

wave cut platforms

Question 9

formed when a headland is eroded and two sea caves from opposite sides unite

Answer 9

sea arches

Question 10

elongated ridges of sand that project from the land into the mouth of the bay

Answer 10

spits

Question 11

referred to from any structures built along the coastline to prevent movement of sand

Answer 11

hard stabilization

Question 12

the landward movement of water during the shift between low and high tide

Answer 12

flood current

Question 13

if a tide passes through an inlet, the current may carry sediment that gets deposited as a

Answer 13

tidal delta