Ch. 18 Quiz

Question 1

Deflation is a form of ___.

Answer 1

wind erosion

Question 2

Mounds of wind-deposited sand are called ___.

Answer 2

dunes

Question 3

the process by which wind-blown sand moves by short jumps and bounces

Answer 3

saltation

Question 4

the movement of dunes

Answer 4

dune migration

Question 5

any rock that is pitted, grooved, or polished by wind abrasion

Answer 5

ventifact

Question 6

a sand ridge that connects an offshore island to the mainland

Answer 6

tombolo

Question 7

Beaches are formed by ___.

Answer 7

deposition

Question 8

Why is a berm high and steep during winter?

Answer 8

Because storms remove sand from one side of the berm.

Question 9

Erosion of less-resistant rock can form ___ which project out from the shore.

Answer 9

headlands

Question 10

What does the composition of beach material depend on?

Answer 10

the source/parent rock

Question 11

a long narrow sand deposit connected at one end to a shore

Answer 11

spit

Question 12

a hole cut into fractured, weak rock along a cliff base

Answer 12

sea cave

Question 13

What would happen if polar ice caps melted completely?

Answer 13

Sea level would rise.

Question 14

What is a way that barrier islands can be formed?

Answer 14

when sand spits separate from land after a storm

Question 15

A rise in sea level forms ___.

Answer 15

submergent coastlines

Question 16

When land or features near the coast change, ___.

Answer 16

relative sea level changes

Question 17

a wide, shallow bay where salt water and fresh water mix

Answer 17

estuary

Question 18

a small body of water between the shoreline and a barrier island

Answer 18

lagoon

Question 19

sand shaped as a straight ridge parallel to wind direction

Answer 19

longitudinal dune

Question 20

a narrow, deep bay with steep walls

Answer 20

fiord

Question 21

sand shaped as a crescent with an opening that faces away from the wind

Answer 21

barchan dune

Question 22

a narrow ridge of sand that lies parallel to the shore

Answer 22

barrier island

Question 23

sand shaped as a crescent with an opening that faces the wind

Answer 23

parabolic dune

Question 24

sand shaped as a straight ridge that forms at a right angle to wind direction

Answer 24

transverse dune

Question 25

type of coastline that forms when land rises or sea level falls

Answer 25

emergent coastline