2B.7

Question 1

sea level

Answer 1

boundary between land and sea that defines the coastline

Question 2

eustatic change

Answer 2

change of volume of water in ocean basins.

Question 3

causes of eustatic change

Answer 3

alteration of volume of water in sea (changing amounts of ice/thermal expansion)

alteration of ocean basins shape (tectonics)

Question 4

hydrological cycle

Answer 4

water cycle

Question 4

what does water frozen lead to

Answer 4

a suspension in the hydrological cycle

Question 5

isostatic change

Answer 5

height of the land changes relative to water level

height increases-sea levels decrease

height decreases-sea levels rise

Question 6

compression

Answer 6

ice built up on land leads to an increase of weight on land causing it to sink.

Question 7

decompression

Answer 7

ice begins to melt leading to a decrease of weight on land causing it to uplift.

Question 8

emergent landforms

Answer 8

raised beaches
fossil cliffs

Question 9

submergent landforms

Answer 9

fjord
ria
dalmatian