What is the difference between longshore currents and rip tide currents?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Longshore currents move parallel to shore, whereas rip currents move water away from the coast.

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A. is a passive continental margin B. is a passive continental margin and has a relatively wide continental shelf C. has a relatively wide continental shelf D. is marked by a deep ocean trench E. is an active continental margin

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Using the hydrologic equation, what would you do to a river if you wanted to prevent flooding?

What will be an ideal response?

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Where is the best place to develop geothermal energy in terms of world regions? What will be an ideal response?

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Which of these types of mass wasting is considered to be slow?

a. solifluction b. slump c. earthflow d. mudslide e. avalanche

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