What is responsible for increasing a beach's slope?
a. The swash
b. The backwash
c. The biological activity
d. The berm crest
ANS: A
This is water that washes onto the beach. It carries particles on shore with the water that comes in onto
the beach. Information can be found in the section Beaches Dominate Depositional Coasts.
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The process of determining the boundaries of districts for the purpose of electing political officials is called
A) reapportionment. B) gerrymandering. C) redistricting. D) confabulation.
During the Ordovician and Silurian, a clastic wedge developed ________ of the Taconic
orogeny. a. east b. west
The ocean was mostly in place by 4 billion years ago
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What would happen to July temperatures in Australia if Earth's rotation axis increased to 25 degrees?
A. average temperatures would decrease B. average temperature would stay the same C. average temperature would increase