Why are erosional coasts prone to become smooth and straight shorelines?

a. Wave refraction
b. Wave energy focuses on headlands
c. Sediments begin to collect at beaches
d. All of these choices


ANS: D
Eventually sediments may act as protection at the base of sea cliffs. The straightening of erosional
coasts occurs the fastest at high-energy coasts. Information can be found in the section Erosional
Processes Dominate Some Coasts.

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