section 5 + 6 ch 8 vocab

Question 1

deposits of rock and sand along a coastline

Answer 1

beach

Question 2

sea cave enlarged by wave action

Answer 2

sea arch

Question 3

large hole formed in a sea cliff by wave action

Answer 3

sea cave

Question 4

bar of sand/shingle joining an island to the mainland

Answer 4

tombolo

Question 5

long, narrow, deposit of sand connected at one end to the shore

Answer 5

spit aka hook

Question 6

wind removes surface material

Answer 6

deflation

Question 7

part of the shore that sticks out in the ocean, made of hard bedrock thats not eroded

Answer 7

headland

Question 8

offshore isolated columns of rock which had once been connected to the sea cliff

Answer 8

sea stack

Question 9

steep structure which forms where waves strike directly against a rock along a shoreline

Answer 9

sea cliff

Question 10

sand deposited offshore forming a ling underwater ridge (parallel to the shore)

Answer 10

sand bar

Question 11

may form; a stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef

Answer 11

lagoon

Question 12

long, narrow offshore ridges of sand which break the surface of the ocean (above ocean/water)

Answer 12

barrier island

Question 13

any stone smoothed by wind abrasion

Answer 13

ventifacts

Question 14

surface of closely packed small rocks left after the top layer of soil has been removed by deflation

Answer 14

desert pavement

Question 15

hole or depression in a sand dune

Answer 15

blowout

Question 16

thick, yellowish deposit of windblown dust(smaller than sand) creates fertile soil

Answer 16

loess

Question 17

hills of sand deposited by wind can come in many shapes and sizes

Answer 17

sand dunes

Question 18

crescent shaped with horns pointing in the direction of the wind

Answer 18

barchan

Question 19

long sand ridge which forms perpendicular to wind direction

Answer 19

transverse

Question 20

u shaped (around blowouts) with horns pointing in the direction opposite the wind

Answer 20

parabolic

Question 21

long ridge which is parallel to the wind direction

Answer 21

longitudinal

Question 22

Formed when a tributary glacial valley is eroded by the main glacier

Answer 22

hanging valley