GOL 105 EXAMS SET ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET
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✔✔What is the wave base? - ✔✔Water depth equal to 1/2 the distance between
successive waves
✔✔_________occur(s) when waves that approach the beach at an angle and produce a
net sediment transport direction that is parallel to the shore. - ✔✔Longshore currents
✔✔Which of the following will not occur as the result of longshore currents? -
✔✔Fracturing and abrasion of rock
✔✔A ___________ is a shoreline "hard stabilization" feature that, oriented parallel
to the shore, protects shorelines from the pounding of waves by creating an area of
quiet water behind it. - ✔✔Breakwater
✔✔Three of the following statements about coastal deltas are correct. Which of them is
incorrect? - ✔✔Sea level rise will protect coastal deltas
✔✔In the following photograph, which way is the longshore current moving? - ✔✔D to A
✔✔Which of the following is not part of the Milankovitch Cycles? - ✔✔Isostasy
✔✔The only continental ice sheets left on Earth today are in Greenland and Antarctica.
- ✔✔True
✔✔Glaciers form in areas where more snow falls in the winter than is lost in the summer
- ✔✔True
✔✔When a glacier is in retreat, the ice can flow from the Zone of Ablation to the Zone of
Accumulation. - ✔✔False
✔✔Most glaciers today are in a state of retreat. - ✔✔True
A+
✔✔What is the wave base? - ✔✔Water depth equal to 1/2 the distance between
successive waves
✔✔_________occur(s) when waves that approach the beach at an angle and produce a
net sediment transport direction that is parallel to the shore. - ✔✔Longshore currents
✔✔Which of the following will not occur as the result of longshore currents? -
✔✔Fracturing and abrasion of rock
✔✔A ___________ is a shoreline "hard stabilization" feature that, oriented parallel
to the shore, protects shorelines from the pounding of waves by creating an area of
quiet water behind it. - ✔✔Breakwater
✔✔Three of the following statements about coastal deltas are correct. Which of them is
incorrect? - ✔✔Sea level rise will protect coastal deltas
✔✔In the following photograph, which way is the longshore current moving? - ✔✔D to A
✔✔Which of the following is not part of the Milankovitch Cycles? - ✔✔Isostasy
✔✔The only continental ice sheets left on Earth today are in Greenland and Antarctica.
- ✔✔True
✔✔Glaciers form in areas where more snow falls in the winter than is lost in the summer
- ✔✔True
✔✔When a glacier is in retreat, the ice can flow from the Zone of Ablation to the Zone of
Accumulation. - ✔✔False
✔✔Most glaciers today are in a state of retreat. - ✔✔True
