Exam 17: Coastal Processes and Landforms

A coastal depositional landform attached to the mainland at just one end point is called a ____.

A long, continuous recessed zone found along the base of a sea cliff is a(n) ____________________.

A coastline of emergence would most likely result from ____.

What are the three principal types of waves, and how do their formation processes differ from each other.What do they have in common?

The shoreline represents ____.

All barriers have lagoons.

A concrete obstruction built out into the water from a beach perpendicular to the longshore current is a(n) _______________________.

Atolls ____.

A wave crest may change orientation in map view in a process known as ____________________.

Wide, ocean-submerged edges of the continents are known as ____.

Spring tide occurs only ____.

Tidal range is smallest during spring tides.

____ coastlines occur where the shoreline crosses areas that are not fully adjusted to coastal processes.

A lake is an example of a standing body of water.

As waves travel through shallow water, they ____.

All coastal classification systems are based on plate tectonics.

Explain how a wind wave is formed out in the open ocean, what controls its size, and what changes it undergoes as it approaches a shoreline.

____________________ result where two sea caves meet from either side of a headland.

A wind wave that arrives at the coast on a calm day is best referred to as ____.

The term littoral pertains to ____.