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Shoreline Features quiz

Quiz Which factors tend to increase wave attack? Which material considerations affect erosion of wave erosional mechanics? What factors affect erosion of shoreline material by wave erosional mechanics? What size material or "tools"cause abrasion by wave erosional mechanics? Which describes the mechanisms which form sea cliffs? Which describes the seaward slope of sea cliffs? Which describes the landward slope of sea cliffs? Which describes the movement of the shoreline by sea cliffs? Which describes the mechanisms which form wave-cut terraces? Which describes the seaward slope of wave-cut terraces? Which describes the landward slope of wave-cut terraces? Which describes the movement of the shoreline by wave-cut terraces? Which describes the mechanism which forms caves? Which describes the movement of the shoreline at caves? Which describes the mechanism which forms stocks? Which describes the seaward slope of stacks? Which describes the landward slope of stacks? Which describes the connections to the land at stacks? Which describes the movement of the shoreline near stacks? Which describe the mechanisms which forms hanging valleys? Which describes the seaward slope of hanging valleys? Which describes the landward slope of hanging valleys? Which describes the stream gradient in hanging valleys? Which describe the mechanisms which forms beaches? What best describes the material in beaches? What best describes the material in beaches? What is the grain size of the material in beaches? Which describes the location on the shoreline of bayhead beaches? Which describe the mechanisms which forms bayhead beaches? What best describes the material in bayhead beaches? What best describes the material in bayhead beaches? What is the grain size of the material in bayhead beaches? Which describes the location on the shoreline of headland beaches? Which describe the mechanisms which forms headland beaches? What best describes the material in headland beaches? What best describes the material in headland beaches? What is the grain size of the material in headland beaches? Which describes the location on the shoreline of storm beaches? Which describes the mechanism which forms storm beaches? What best describes the material in storm beaches? What best describes the material in storm beaches? What is the grain size of the material in storm beaches? Which describes the location on the shoreline of spits? Which of the following do spits form? Which of the following do spits exhibit? Which describes the orientation with respect to the coastline of spits? Which describe the mechanisms which forms headland beaches? Which describes the connections to the land at spits? What best describes the material in spits? What best describes the material in spits? What is the grain size of the material in spits? Which describes the location on the shoreline of hooks? Which of the following do hooks form? Which of the following do hooks exhibit in plan? Which describes the orientation with respect to the coastline of hooks? Which describe the mechanisms which forms hooks? Which describes the connections to the land at hooks? What best describes the material in hooks? What best describes the material in hooks? What is the grain size of the material in hooks? Which describes the location on the shoreline of winged headlands? Which of the following do winged headlands form? Which describes the orientation with respect to the coastline of winged headlands? Which describe the mechanisms which forms winged headlands? Which describes the connections to the land at winged headlands? What best describes the material in winged headlands? What best describes the material in winged headlands? What is the grain size of the material in winged headlands? Which describes the location on the shoreline of midbay bars? Which describes the orientation with respect to the coastline of midbay bars? Which describe the mechanisms which forms midbay bars? Which describes the the connections to land at midbay bars? What best describes the material in midbay bars? What best describes the material in midbay bars? What is the grain size of the material in midbay bars? Which describes the location on the shoreline of bay mouth bars? Which describes the orientation with respect to the coastline of bay mouth bars? Which describe the mechanisms which form bay mouth bars? Which describes the the connections to land at bay mouth bars? What best describes the material in bay mouth bars? What best describes the material in bay mouth bars? What is the grain size of the material in bay mouth bars? Which describes the location on the shoreline of tombolos? Which describes the orientation with respect to the coastline of tombolos? Which describe the mechanisms which form tombolos? Which describes the connections to the land at tombolos? What do the connections at tombolos involve? What best describes the material in tombolos? What best describes the material in tombolos? What is the grain size of the material in tombolos? Which describes the location on the shoreline of offshore bars? Which describes the orientation with respect to the coastline of offshore bars? Which describe the mechanisms which form offshore bars? Which describes the connections to the land at offshore bars? What best describes the material in offshore bars? What best describes the material in offshore bars? What is the grain size of the material in offshore bars? Which of the following do reefs form? Which describes the character of fringing reefs? Which describes the connections to the land at fringing reefs? Which describes the water temperature of fringing reefs? Which describes the water of fringing reefs? Which describes the depth of the water at fringing reefs? Which of the following do barrier reefs form? Which describes the character of barrier reefs? Which describes the connections to the land at barrier reefs? Which describes the water temperature of barrier reefs? Which describes the water of barrier reefs? Which describes the depth of the water at barrier reefs? Which of the following do atolls form? Which describes the character of atolls? Which describes the connections to the land at atolls? Which describes the water temperature of atolls? Which describes the water of atolls? Which describes the depth of the water at atolls? What is the grain size of the material in marsh deposits? What best describes the material in marsh deposits? What best describes the material in marsh deposits? What is the mode of deposition for marsh deposits? Which describes the water of marshes? What best describes the surface drainage of marshes? What best describes the bottom of marshes? Which describes the depth of the water in marshes? Which describes the water of fjords? Which describes the depth of the water at fjords? What characterizes the valley slope of fjords? Which describes the water of drowned rivers? Which describes the depth of the water at drowned rivers? Which describes the water of drowned alluvial plains? Which describes the depth of the water at drowned alluvial plains? Which describes the connections to the land at drowned alluvail plains?

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