Unit 49 Review Questions

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. A beach on the Oregon coast:

will likely never develop a longshore bar correct incorrect

will be shallower and wider than a beach on the South Carolina coast correct incorrect

will be steeper and narrower in winter correct incorrect

will see little change from season to season correct incorrect

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. How do sandspits and baymouth bars form?

Through longshore drift reaching a bay correct incorrect

Through wave action associated with winter storms correct incorrect

Through deposition of sediment at river mouths correct incorrect

Through tectonic movement near convergent plate boundaries correct incorrect

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. Which part of a barrier island is closest to the mainland?

Dunes correct incorrect

Beach correct incorrect

Section with shrubs correct incorrect

Section with mangrove trees correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT an erosional landform?

Wave-cut platform correct incorrect

Sea stack correct incorrect

Sea arch correct incorrect

Tombolo correct incorrect

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. What is the main reason for the formation of submergent coasts?

Rising sea level correct incorrect

Land subsidence from recent continental glaciers correct incorrect

Tectonic uplift near convergent plate boundaries correct incorrect

Isostatic rebound correct incorrect