Question 1

Which of the following best describes the littoral zone?

Accepted Answer

A) It spans the water and the wetted portion of the beach. 
B) Landward,it extends to the highest waterline reached during a tidal cycle. 
C) Generally,it only includes the foreshore area of coastal environments. 
D) Seaward it extends to where water is too deep for storm waves to move sediments. 
A) It spans the water and the wetted portion of the beach. 
B) Landward,it extends to the highest waterline reached during a tidal cycle. 
C) Generally,it only includes the foreshore area of coastal environments. 
D) Seaward it extends to where water is too deep for storm waves to move sediments.

Question 2

Waves usually form perpendicular to the coast.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Determining mean sea level requires measurement of tidal levels hourly for at least a period of several years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which is a general term for the coastal area and shallow offshore environment?

Accepted Answer

A) Shoreline. 
B) Coast. 
C) Coastline. 
D) Littoral zone. 
A) Shoreline. 
B) Coast. 
C) Coastline. 
D) Littoral zone.

Question 5

Which are the smallest features shaped by individual saltating grains?

Accepted Answer

A) Ripples. 
B) Dunes. 
C) Sand seas. 
D) Reg deserts. 
A) Ripples. 
B) Dunes. 
C) Sand seas. 
D) Reg deserts.

Question 6

Which are regular patterns of smooth,rounded waves?

Accepted Answer

A) Breakers. 
B) Wave ripples. 
C) Wave trains. 
D) Swells. 
A) Breakers. 
B) Wave ripples. 
C) Wave trains. 
D) Swells.

Question 7

Which are large,lithified formations of calcium carbonate formed from both living and skeletal coral colonies?

Accepted Answer

A) Atolls. 
B) Coral reefs. 
C) Barrier islands. 
D) Tombolos. 
A) Atolls. 
B) Coral reefs. 
C) Barrier islands. 
D) Tombolos.

Question 8

In which of the following regions would you expect to have the highest levels of seawater salinity?

Accepted Answer

A) Equatorial oceans. 
B) Subtropical oceans. 
C) Polar oceans. 
D) Midlatitude oceans. 
A) Equatorial oceans. 
B) Subtropical oceans. 
C) Polar oceans. 
D) Midlatitude oceans.

Question 9

Brine water may result from which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The influx of river water into the ocean. 
B) Stagnation of water in a floodplain swamp. 
C) High evapotranspiration rates. 
D) Heavy rainfall and low temperatures. 
A) The influx of river water into the ocean. 
B) Stagnation of water in a floodplain swamp. 
C) High evapotranspiration rates. 
D) Heavy rainfall and low temperatures.

Question 10

Which of the following best describes mean sea level?

Accepted Answer

A) A consistent value has yet to be determined due to all the variables involved in producing the tides. 
B) It is at the same level along the entire North American coast. 
C) It is calculated based on average tidal levels recorded hourly at a given site over a period of many years. 
D) It has very little variability across all ocean basins and,therefore,is treated as an absolute value. 
A) A consistent value has yet to be determined due to all the variables involved in producing the tides. 
B) It is at the same level along the entire North American coast. 
C) It is calculated based on average tidal levels recorded hourly at a given site over a period of many years. 
D) It has very little variability across all ocean basins and,therefore,is treated as an absolute value.

Question 11

Which are elongated,streamlined ridges aligned parallel to the most effective wind direction?

Accepted Answer

A) Ventifacts. 
B) Yardangs. 
C) Desert pavements. 
D) Alluvial rock structures. 
A) Ventifacts. 
B) Yardangs. 
C) Desert pavements. 
D) Alluvial rock structures.

Question 12

Which is potentially produced by any one of: an earthquake,a submarine landslide,or an eruption of an undersea volcano?

Accepted Answer

A) Tsunami. 
B) Tidal wave. 
C) Slow-moving giant swell. 
D) Wave in the open ocean of great height. 
A) Tsunami. 
B) Tidal wave. 
C) Slow-moving giant swell. 
D) Wave in the open ocean of great height.

Question 13

Describe the three main zones of the ocean.

Accepted Answer

Oceans consist of three horizontal layer

Question 14

Which occurs when the height of a wave exceeds its vertical stability?

Accepted Answer

A) Rip current. 
B) Wave of transition. 
C) Breaker. 
D) Tidal wave. 
A) Rip current. 
B) Wave of transition. 
C) Breaker. 
D) Tidal wave.

Question 15

Tsunamis generated by earthquakes form giant waves while traveling in the open ocean.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which is material deposited in a long ridge extending out from a coast?

Accepted Answer

A) Barrier island. 
B) Lagoon. 
C) Barrier spit. 
D) Tombolo. 
A) Barrier island. 
B) Lagoon. 
C) Barrier spit. 
D) Tombolo.

Question 17

As a wave approaches the shoreline and enters shallower water,energy and water move forward causing the water to rise and cascade down from the wave crest as a breaker.What are these waves called?

Accepted Answer

A) Waves of translation. 
B) Swells. 
C) Waves of transition. 
D) Tidal waves. 
A) Waves of translation. 
B) Swells. 
C) Waves of transition. 
D) Tidal waves.

Question 18

Describe the formation and characteristics of salt marshes and mangrove swamps.What are the factors necessary for the creation of each? What are the spatial extents of each kind?

Accepted Answer

In some coastal areas,organic-rich sedim

Question 19

When corals expel their own nutrient-supplying algae,which phenomena often follows?

Accepted Answer

A) Bleaching. 
B) Symbiosis. 
C) Massive coral mortality (mcm). 
D) Colouration. 
A) Bleaching. 
B) Symbiosis. 
C) Massive coral mortality (mcm). 
D) Colouration.

Question 20

Mangrove swamps tend to occur at higher latitudes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following best describes the littoral zone?

Waves usually form perpendicular to the coast.

Determining mean sea level requires measurement of tidal levels hourly for at least a period of several years.

Which is a general term for the coastal area and shallow offshore environment?

Which are the smallest features shaped by individual saltating grains?

Which are regular patterns of smooth,rounded waves?

Which are large,lithified formations of calcium carbonate formed from both living and skeletal coral colonies?

In which of the following regions would you expect to have the highest levels of seawater salinity?

Brine water may result from which of the following?

Which of the following best describes mean sea level?

Which are elongated,streamlined ridges aligned parallel to the most effective wind direction?

Which is potentially produced by any one of: an earthquake,a submarine landslide,or an eruption of an undersea volcano?

Describe the three main zones of the ocean.

Which occurs when the height of a wave exceeds its vertical stability?

Tsunamis generated by earthquakes form giant waves while traveling in the open ocean.

Which is material deposited in a long ridge extending out from a coast?

As a wave approaches the shoreline and enters shallower water,energy and water move forward causing the water to rise and cascade down from the wave crest as a breaker.What are these waves called?

Describe the formation and characteristics of salt marshes and mangrove swamps.What are the factors necessary for the creation of each? What are the spatial extents of each kind?

When corals expel their own nutrient-supplying algae,which phenomena often follows?

Mangrove swamps tend to occur at higher latitudes.

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Exam 16: Oceans, coastal Processes, and Wind Processes

Which of the following best describes the littoral zone?

Waves usually form perpendicular to the coast.

Determining mean sea level requires measurement of tidal levels hourly for at least a period of several years.

Which is a general term for the coastal area and shallow offshore environment?

Which are the smallest features shaped by individual saltating grains?

Which are regular patterns of smooth,rounded waves?

Which are large,lithified formations of calcium carbonate formed from both living and skeletal coral colonies?

In which of the following regions would you expect to have the highest levels of seawater salinity?

Brine water may result from which of the following?

Which of the following best describes mean sea level?

Which are elongated,streamlined ridges aligned parallel to the most effective wind direction?

Which is potentially produced by any one of: an earthquake,a submarine landslide,or an eruption of an undersea volcano?

Describe the three main zones of the ocean.

Which occurs when the height of a wave exceeds its vertical stability?

Tsunamis generated by earthquakes form giant waves while traveling in the open ocean.

Which is material deposited in a long ridge extending out from a coast?

As a wave approaches the shoreline and enters shallower water,energy and water move forward causing the water to rise and cascade down from the wave crest as a breaker.What are these waves called?

Describe the formation and characteristics of salt marshes and mangrove swamps.What are the factors necessary for the creation of each? What are the spatial extents of each kind?

When corals expel their own nutrient-supplying algae,which phenomena often follows?

Mangrove swamps tend to occur at higher latitudes.

Essentials of Geography

Solar Energy to Earth and the Seasons

Earths Modern Atmosphere

Atmosphere and Surface Energy Balances

Global Temperatures

Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations

Water and Atmospheric Moisture

Weather

Water Resources

Global Climate Systems

Climate Change

The Dynamic Planet

Tectonics, earthquakes, and Volcanism

Weathering, karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement

River Systems

Glacial and Periglacial Landscapes

The Geography of Soils

Ecosystem Essentials

Terrestrial Biomes

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