Unit 51 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

The coastal zone that lies landward of the foreshore is the:
a) backshore
b) nearshore
c) offshore
d) longshore
e) longshore

Question 2:

Which portion of the coast is submerged even at average low tide?
a) backshore
b) nearshore
c) longshore
d) foreshore
e) midshore

Question 3:

When sediment carried by longshore drift extends into open water, this can form a(n):
a) atoll bar
b) sandspit
c) barrier island
d) offshore bar
e) coral reef

Question 4:

A landform that connects an island and the mainland is a(n):
a) offshore bar
b) barrier island
c) tombolo
d) stack
e) atoll

Question 5:

The last standing remains of eroded sea cliffs are:
a) sea caves and platforms
b) sea arches and sea caves
c) headlands
d) sea arches and stacks
e) coral reefs and atolls

Question 6:

Coastlines that are being uplifted by tectonic forces are known as:
a) divergent coasts
b) submergent coasts
c) stacks
d) isostatic coastlines
e) emergent coasts

Question 7:

Mangrove, coral reefs, and atolls shape coastlines.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

Uplifted marine terraces are associated with submergent coasts.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

Sea caves are eroded out of the bases of sea cliffs.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

Degradational processes form offshore bars.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

Longshore bars are ridges of sand that lie at right angles to the beach.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

A coastal zone of sediment shaped by wave action is called a beach.
a) True
b) False

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