Quiz 8

Front 1

The distance beneath the ocean's surface at which wave activity ceases to create water movement is called:

Back 1

Wave base

Front 2

Numerous small lakes and ponds dot the landscape of central Florida. These lakes were most likely formed by

Back 2

Solution and collapse of limestone.

Front 3

Geyser eruption is primarily controlled by which of the following?

Back 3

The effect of pressure on the boiling point of water

Front 4

A eustatic lowering of sea level will result in a(n) __________ of streams flowing into it

Back 4

Increased competence.

Front 5

The tower karst of southern China is a result of:

Back 5

Solution weathering

Front 6

A tectonically emergent coastline is usually characterized by:

Back 6

Stacks, arches, and wave-cut marine terraces

Front 7

The wave base for a certain size wave is 12 meters. The wave length of this wave is:

Back 7

24 meters.

Front 8

The path a water particle makes as the wave encounters depths equal to or less than its wave base is described as:

Back 8

Elliptical.

Front 9

The beach is defined as occurring between:

Back 9

Low tide and the highest point reached by the waves.

Front 10

An acccumulation of sand that extends from a point of land out into open water is called a(n):

Back 10

Spit.

Front 11

Which of the following is unique to alpine glaciation?

Back 11

Medial moraine.

Front 12

An engineered shoreline structure built with the intent of keeping a shipping channel open is called a:

Back 12

Jetty.

Front 13

Glacial tills are distinguished from glacial outwash on the basis of:

Back 13

Sorting.

Front 14

A glacial valley drowned by rising sea level is called

Back 14

A fjord

Front 15

The eustatic, post-Pleistocene drowning of a river valley on a coast of low relief (such as the Gulf Coast) is called a(n):

Back 15

Estuary

Front 16

Waves striking an east-west trending shorline from the southeast will set up a longshore curent which moves to the:

Back 16

West

Front 17

There are no exposures of igneous or metamorphic rocks in the Bahamas Islands. Therefore, most of the beaches are composed of pure ______ sand.

Back 17

Calcite

Front 18

The distance between two adjacent wave troughs is called the:

Back 18

Wave length

Front 19

Which rock type would make the best aquifer?

Back 19

Fractured basalt

Front 20

The Mississippi River carries more sediment to the coast than any other river on the continent, yet Louisiana has almost no sand beaches. This is because:

Back 20

The long distance of sediment transport has caused particles to be abraded below sand size.