quiz 4

Question 0

study of sediments

Answer 0

sedimentology

Question 1

involves looking at ancient earthquakes

Answer 1

paleoseismicity

Question 2

**zone of turbulent water
:whirlpool
:occur in narrow bays

Answer 2

maelstrom

Question 3

what causes tides

Answer 3

1) earth rotation: centrifugal force

2) gravitational pull of moon and sun

Question 4

2 tidal bulges

Answer 4

1) moon pull on earth’s ocean (gravity bulge)

2) inertia of earth (inertia bulge)

Question 5

highest high tides

lowest low tides

Answer 5

spring tides

Question 6

lowest high tides

highest low tides

Answer 6

neap tides

Question 7

:occur when earth-moon-sun line up

:constructive interference

Answer 7

spring tides

Question 8

:occur during first quarter moon or third quarter moon

:destructive interference

Answer 8

neap tides

Question 9

3 types of tidal patterns

Answer 9

1) diurnal tide pattern
2) semiurnal tide pattern
3) mixed tides

Question 10

have 1 high and low tide Q24hrs

Answer 10

diurnal tide patterns

Question 11

have 2 equal high and low tides Q24hrs

Answer 11

semiurnal tide pattern

Question 12

have 2 unequal high and low tides Q24hr

Answer 12

mixed tides

Question 13

:have no tides –> canceling of tides
:norther hemisphere
–> currents clockwise
–> tides counterclockwise

Answer 13

Amphidromic points

Question 14

area of extreme tides

Answer 14

Macrotidal Regime

Question 15

tide patterns preserved in the rock record

Answer 15

tidal rhythmites

Question 16

characteristics of coasts

Answer 16

steeper slope –> courser material

Question 17

features along the coast/ beach

Answer 17

• ripples
• rip current
• rillmarks
• swash marks
• groins
• layering in beach sand

Question 18

2 types of coasts

Answer 18

1) emergent coasts

2) submergent coasts

Question 19

***land is rising relative to sea level
:erosional coasts
:lose material

Answer 19

emergent coasts

Question 20

***land is sinking relative to sea level

:depositional coasts

Answer 20

submergent coasts

Question 21

what makes coasts submergent or emergent

Answer 21

1) tectonic forces
2) changes in sea level
3) changes in winds and currents

Question 22

glacially cut canyons that become flooded with sea water

Answer 22

fjords

Question 23

forms where a river meets the ocean or lake

Answer 23

delta

Question 24

3 dominating factors of deltas

Answer 24

1) rivers
2) tides
3) waves

Question 25

example of river dominated delta aka bird foot deltas

Answer 25

Mississippi River

Question 26

example of tide dominated delta

Answer 26

colorado river

Question 27

example of wave dominate delta

Answer 27

Nile River

Question 28

:live in warm, clear waters

:predatory and have zooxanthellae living their tissues

Answer 28

coral

Question 29

:are photosynthetic

:give color to coral

Answer 29

zooanthellae

Question 30

sediments stuck in roots of trees eventually develop into land

Answer 30

mangroove swamps

Question 31

4 types of estuaries

Answer 31

1) Drowned river mount
2) Fjord
3) Lagoons
4) Tectonic

Question 32

example of drowned river mount estuary

Answer 32

sydney harbor

Question 33

created by barrier islands

Answer 33

lagoons

Question 34

these have forces that lower or raise land

Answer 34

tectonic estuaries

Question 35

In Japanese tsunami means

Answer 35

Harbor wave

Question 36

This was the first scientifically studied earthquake and tsunami

Answer 36

Lisbon Portugal 1755

Question 37

Why is the body count for tsunamis high

Answer 37

1) high % of people live near coast
2) no warning
3) time of day
4) force of water is extreme