Ocean Matt Midterm 2

Front 1

Barrier Islands

Back 1

Relatively long narrow island

Front 2

Estuary

Back 2

Semi enclosed basin connected to ocean

Front 3

Delta

Back 3

Fan shaped plume of sediment

Front 4

Spit

Back 4

Sand bar that extends seaward from land

Front 5

Marine terrace

Back 5

Elevated flat plateau-like platform

Front 6

Tombolo

Back 6

Sand bar that connects barrier island to mainland

Front 7

Sea wall

Back 7

Embankment build by humans parallel along shore

Front 8

Groin

Back 8

Solid wall built by humans perpendicular to shoreline

Front 9

Jetty

Back 9

2 long parralel walls built by human

Front 10

Breakwater

Back 10

Offshore wall built by humans

Front 11

Longshore currents

Back 11

Local current close to & parallel to shoreline

Front 12

Refraction

Back 12

Action of waves approaching shallow water

Front 13

Beach Rip Currents

Back 13

Front 14

Longshore current oblique angle

Back 14

Front 15

Convergent ocean ocean

Back 15

Marianas trench

Front 16

Convergent ocean continent

Back 16

Peru chile trench

Front 17

Convergent cont. cont.

Back 17

Himalayas

Front 18

Divergent ocean ocean

Back 18

Mid atlantic ridge

Front 19

Divergent cont. cont.

Back 19

East african rift

Front 20

Transform ocean ocean

Back 20

Molokai fracture zone

Front 21

Transform cont. ocean

Back 21

San andreas

Front 22

Transform cont. cont.

Back 22

Alpine fault

Front 23

Divergent

Back 23

Front 24

Convergent

Back 24

Front 25

Transform

Back 25

Front 26

Reverse Fault

Back 26

Front 27

Anticline

Back 27

Front 28

Oblique Slip Fault

Back 28

Front 29

Plunging Syncline

Back 29

Front 30

Left Lateral Strike Slip

Back 30

Front 31

Plunging Anticline

Back 31

Front 32

Basin

Back 32

Front 33

Syncline

Back 33

Front 34

Normal Fault

Back 34