Offshore ridges of sand that lie parallel to the beach are called:
a. littoral bars
b. longshore bars
c. berms
d. beach scarps
b
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A) a cell B) a gyre C) a microscale current D) convection cells
The stages associated with continental rifting are, in order from earliest to latest,
A. uplift, continental rift, narrow ocean basin, wide ocean basin. B. wide ocean basin, narrow ocean basin, uplift, continental rift. C. uplift, wide ocean basin, narrow ocean basin, continental rift. D. narrow ocean basin, continental rift, uplift, wide ocean basin. E. narrow ocean basin, wide ocean basin, continental rift, uplift.
The eruptions of Yellowstone's geysers as well as most of the others on Earth can be characterized as ________
A) regular B) irregular C) containing only steam D) becoming much more frequent over time E) mysterious as to how they come to be