What is the difference between a wave of oscillation versus a wave of translation? What will be an ideal response?
Waves of oscillation occur in relatively deep water, whereas waves of translation are shoreline
phenomena in shallow water. Waves of oscillation do not actually move the water mass as they pass
by, except in a circular oscillatory pattern. Waves of translation physically move shoreward and break
as the top of the wave outruns the base.
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When the Communists were victorious over the Nationalists in 1949, the defeated Nationalists fled to
A. Korea B. Japan C. Taiwan D. Hawaii D. Hawaii
What are the most common, large-scale features on a depositional coast?
a. Barrier islands b. Moraines c. Sand spits d. Deltas
Around most of the Atlantic the continental slope descends into an oceanic trench but around the
Pacific the continental slope merges with a more gently sloping continental rise. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).