Geo Quiz 5a

Question 1

The maximum depth of water affected by a wave’s passage is the wave___?

Answer 1

Base

Question 2

The engergy of waves is concentrated on points and headlands by the process of

Answer 2

Refraction

Question 3

The circular motions of the water beneath a wave are called

Answer 3

Orbitals

Question 4

Most beaches have the largest waves in the

Answer 4

Winter

Question 5

The horizontal distance from one wave crest to the next crest is the

Answer 5

Wavelength

Question 6

If you are caught in a rip current you schould

Answer 6

swim parallel to the shore

Question 7

Tsunamis are usually caused by

Answer 7

Earthquakes

Question 8

Upper Newport Bay and Bolsa Chica are good examples of

Answer 8

Estuaries

Question 9

Which of the following protective measures actually increases the erosion on a beach?

Answer 9

Seawall

Question 10

The source of the most sand on a beach is

Answer 10

Sediment carries by rivers

Question 11

The greatest loss of sand from beaches occurs as

Answer 11

The sand flows down submarine canyons

Question 12

Between the foreshore and the backshore of a beach you will find

Answer 12

The berm

Question 13

In the winter beaches are

Answer 13

Composed of more mafic sand

Question 14

A sand bar attached to the coast on one end is called

Answer 14

Spit

Question 15

A tied island is connected to the coast by a sandbar called a

Answer 15

Tombolo

Question 16

A coastal feature formed by erosion is

Answer 16

Sea Stack

Question 17

The steepest part of a continental margin is the

Answer 17

Continental Slope

Question 18

A sequence of rocks that is thought to be a slice of oceanic crust is called a

Answer 18

Ophiplite

Question 19

The shallowest part of an ocean basin is the

Answer 19

Continental shelf

Question 20

Which is not part of an ophiolite sequence

Answer 20

Rhyolite

Question 21

Submarine canyons are carved out by

Answer 21

Turbidity currents

Question 22

Which of these would indicate that a volcanic island is young

Answer 22

Fringing Reefs

Question 23

The site where new oceanic crust forms is

Answer 23

Mid-ocean ridges

Question 24

The turbidity currents that followed the 1929 Grand Banks Earthquake lasted over

Answer 24

10 hours

Question 25

Chemosynthetic bacteria found on mid-ocean ridges get energy by consuming

Answer 25

Hydrogen Sulfide