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Earth Science 101 Practice Test: The Ocean
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Earth Science 101 Practice Test: The Ocean
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1. A sand ridge connecting an island to the mainland or to another island is a ________.
2. The movement of sand parallel to the shore ________.
3. The daily tidal range is LEAST during ________ tide.
4. Which of the following is a tidal current?
5. Because of the Coriolis effect, surface ocean currents are deflected to the ________ of their path of motion in the Northern Hemisphere.
6. The height, length, and period of a wave depend upon ________.
7. One result of wave refraction is that wave energy is concentrated ________.
8. An isolated remnant of wave erosion is a ________.
9. Fetch is ________.
10. The presence of which one of the following would indicate that the land had been uplifted or that sea level had fallen?
11. The zigzag movement of sand grains along a beach is ________.
12. Which one of the following is a landform created by wave erosion?
13. Which of the following is designed to prevent or retard shoreline erosion?
14. The daily tidal range is GREATEST during ________ tide.
15. Which of the following is correct regarding a wave in the open ocean?
16. Erosional retreat of a ________ leads to enlargement and extension of a wave-cut platform in the inland direction.
17. Which one of the following structures is built to protect boats from large breaking waves?
18. A poleward-moving ocean current is ________.
19. Waves begin to feel bottom" when the depth of water is ________."
20. The movement of water within the surf zone that parallels the shore is termed ________.
21. Fetch refers to ________.
22. A flat, bench-like surface cut in rock along a coast is a ________.
23. When waves reach shallow water, they are often bent and tend to become parallel to the shore. This process is termed ________.
24. A sandbar that completely crosses a bay, sealing it off from the open ocean is a ________.
25. Large estuaries are more common on a(n) ________ coastline.

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