MSCI 112 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following statement about waves is NOT correct?
A. Floating objects can be transported across the ocean by waves
B. Wave base is the maximum depth where water motion is affected by waves
C. Wave base is at the depth of 1⁄2 wavelength
D. Ocean waves are larger than lake waves because there is have longer fetches in the
ocean - Answers - A. Floating objects can be transported across the ocean by waves
There are daily rise and fall of tides because:
A. Gravitational attraction between Earth,
Moon, and Sun
B. The rotation of the Earth
C. Strong winds from the ocean
D. Plate tectonics - Answers - B. The rotation of the Earth
Which of the following statement about the impact of waves on shoreline is NOT
correct?
A. Waves form sandy beaches
B. Waves can move sediment parallel to shoreline
C. Waves straighten shorelines
D. Waves move sediments onshore during storms - Answers - D. Waves move
sediments onshore during storms
Which of the following statements about spring tide is/are correct?
A. It occurs in the spring
B. There is one spring tide every season
C. It is caused by the alignment of Earth, Moon and Sun in a straight line
D. Spring tide is the largest tide in a month - Answers - C. It is caused by the alignment
of Earth, Moon and Sun in a straight line
D. Spring tide is the largest tide in a month
Which of the following is NOT related to tropical cyclones?
A. Beach erosion
B. Breaching of coastal barrier
C. Storm tides
D. Growth of sandy barrier island - Answers - D. Growth of sandy barrier island
Which of the following statements about delta is/are correct?
A. The coarse sediments in a delta is found in its mouth bar
B. The highest elevation of a delta is found on naturel levees
C. Delta can be drowned if sea level rises fast
D. If you drill a core beneath the delta, the sediments deeper in the core are finer -
Answers - all are correct
, Which of the following processes is/are important for beach formation?
A. zig-zag movement of sand on the beach
B. swash and backwash waves
C. longshore current
D. wind - Answers -
The erosion of a beach may be indicated by:
A. shoreline retreat
B. decrease of foreshore elevation
C. exposure of bedrock
D. growth of berm height - Answers -
Which of the following features is not related to longshore currents?
A. barrier spit
B. tombolo
C. cuspate foreland
D. estuary - Answers -
Ocean currents in the Southern Hemisphere is deflected to the _____ because of
Coriolis Effect.
A. Left
B. right
C. North
D. South - Answers - A. Left
Which of the following forces is NOT involved in the development of surface currents in
the ocean?
A. Gravity
B friction
C. Coriolis force
D. inertia - Answers - D. Inertia
Which of the following can increase the density of seawater?
A. a decrease of temperature
B. an increase in salinity
C. a decrease in ocean current speed
D. both A and B - Answers - D. both A and B
Deep ocean currents are caused by _____
A. the Coriolis Effect
B. global wind belts
C. continental barriers
D. density variation in the ocean - Answers - D. density variation in the ocean
What happens when surface ocean water reaches the pole? (two correct answers)
Which of the following statement about waves is NOT correct?
A. Floating objects can be transported across the ocean by waves
B. Wave base is the maximum depth where water motion is affected by waves
C. Wave base is at the depth of 1⁄2 wavelength
D. Ocean waves are larger than lake waves because there is have longer fetches in the
ocean - Answers - A. Floating objects can be transported across the ocean by waves
There are daily rise and fall of tides because:
A. Gravitational attraction between Earth,
Moon, and Sun
B. The rotation of the Earth
C. Strong winds from the ocean
D. Plate tectonics - Answers - B. The rotation of the Earth
Which of the following statement about the impact of waves on shoreline is NOT
correct?
A. Waves form sandy beaches
B. Waves can move sediment parallel to shoreline
C. Waves straighten shorelines
D. Waves move sediments onshore during storms - Answers - D. Waves move
sediments onshore during storms
Which of the following statements about spring tide is/are correct?
A. It occurs in the spring
B. There is one spring tide every season
C. It is caused by the alignment of Earth, Moon and Sun in a straight line
D. Spring tide is the largest tide in a month - Answers - C. It is caused by the alignment
of Earth, Moon and Sun in a straight line
D. Spring tide is the largest tide in a month
Which of the following is NOT related to tropical cyclones?
A. Beach erosion
B. Breaching of coastal barrier
C. Storm tides
D. Growth of sandy barrier island - Answers - D. Growth of sandy barrier island
Which of the following statements about delta is/are correct?
A. The coarse sediments in a delta is found in its mouth bar
B. The highest elevation of a delta is found on naturel levees
C. Delta can be drowned if sea level rises fast
D. If you drill a core beneath the delta, the sediments deeper in the core are finer -
Answers - all are correct
, Which of the following processes is/are important for beach formation?
A. zig-zag movement of sand on the beach
B. swash and backwash waves
C. longshore current
D. wind - Answers -
The erosion of a beach may be indicated by:
A. shoreline retreat
B. decrease of foreshore elevation
C. exposure of bedrock
D. growth of berm height - Answers -
Which of the following features is not related to longshore currents?
A. barrier spit
B. tombolo
C. cuspate foreland
D. estuary - Answers -
Ocean currents in the Southern Hemisphere is deflected to the _____ because of
Coriolis Effect.
A. Left
B. right
C. North
D. South - Answers - A. Left
Which of the following forces is NOT involved in the development of surface currents in
the ocean?
A. Gravity
B friction
C. Coriolis force
D. inertia - Answers - D. Inertia
Which of the following can increase the density of seawater?
A. a decrease of temperature
B. an increase in salinity
C. a decrease in ocean current speed
D. both A and B - Answers - D. both A and B
Deep ocean currents are caused by _____
A. the Coriolis Effect
B. global wind belts
C. continental barriers
D. density variation in the ocean - Answers - D. density variation in the ocean
What happens when surface ocean water reaches the pole? (two correct answers)
