Wave action works to straighten a coast as wave energy focuses around headlands and tends to disperse energy in coves and bays in a process called
A) longshore current.
B) breakers.
C) wave refraction.
D) tidal bore.
C
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a. increasing the storage of carbon in land b. increasing the storage of carbon in oceans c. increasing the storage of carbon in the lower atmosphere d. planting additional trees e. injecting aerosols into the atmosphere
Hurricanes commonly form at the equator.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Abyssal clay is an example of which of the following sediment types?
A) Biogenous Sediment B) Cosmogenous Sediment C) Hydrogenous Sediment D) Lithogenous Sediment
Barrier islands
A. are eroded by strong wave action on their seaward side, thus moving them landward. B. protect quiet lagoons that are areas of intense biological productivity and diversity. C. are long, low narrow, coast-parallel, sandy islands typically less than a meter or two above sea level. D. All of the choices are correct.