OCE ch 10 Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: This image shows a variety of beach and shoreline features. Match the correct letter to the
regions and/or features listed below.
Answer: H: Longshore Bar A: Berm G: Beach B: Offshore F: Coast D: Wave-cut cliff C: Shore I: Beach
face E: Nearshore
Question 2: The image below depicts shoreline features characteristic of erosional coasts. Match the
correct letter to each of the following features.
Answer: B: Sea arch D: Headland H: Sea cave G: Blowhole A: Coves F: Uplifted marine terrace C:
Wave-cut bench E: Sea stack
Question 3: The image below depicts shoreline features characteristic of depositional coasts. Match the
correct letter to each of the following features.
Answer: A: Tombolo C: Barrier island B: Spit D: Bay barrier F: Delta E: Lagoon
Question 4: On this perspective view of a barrier island, match the correct letter to each of the
following features.
Answer: C: Peat bed B: Dune E: Ocean beach D: Barrier flat F: Lagoon A: Salt marsh
Question 5: On this diagram showing a perspective view of California's Santa Barbara Harbor, match
the correct letter to each of the following items.
Answer: B: Arrow that points in the direction of a longshore Drift D: Breakwater A: Area of sand
deposition E: Area threatened by erosion after construction of the breakwater C: Arrow that points in the
OPPOSITE direction of longshore drift F: Dredge
Question 6: Of the following statements about coastal regions and landforms, which is/are true?
Answer: -The berm is located in the backshore area. -The berm is affected by storm waves but is typically
dry and relatively flat. -Most of the beach face is exposed during the lowest tides and covered during the
highest tides. -The area of a beach above the shoreline is often called the recreational beach. -The beach
face is the wet, sloping surface in the foreshore area.
Question 7: Beach joggers prefer to run on the __________.
Answer: beach face
Question 8: What is the correct order of beach features as you move from the coast toward offshore?
Answer: Berm, beach face, longshore trough, longshore bar
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, Question 9: In the long term, what do beach drift and longshore current do?
Answer: move sediment parallel to shoreline
Question 10: What is the longshore current?
Answer: water forced by waves to move along the shore
Question 11: Which way would sediment move if NO beach drift existed?
Answer: at an angle to shore
Question 12: In general, what do beaches look like at the end of winter?
Answer: Beaches tend to have a narrow berm and a prominent longshore bar.
Question 13: How are winter beaches different from summer beaches?
Answer: Winter waves are short and high, whereas summer waves are long and shallower.
Question 14: In general, what do beaches look like at the end of summer?
Answer: Beaches tend to have a wide berm and no longshore bar.
Question 15: How long does it take berms to become narrow and rocky after summer has passed?
Answer: a few weeks
Question 16: How would a beach be affected if a wide berm were protected from erosion during winter
months?
Answer: The wintertime beach would look similar to the summertime beach.
Question 17: Of the following statements about longshore transport (longshore drift), which is/are
true?
Answer: -Longshore transport moves sediment in a zigzag path. -Longshore transport can change direction
depending on which direction the waves approach the beach. -Longshore transport moves sediment upcoast
or downcoast along the beach.
Question 18: Southern California beaches in winter typically are narrow and rocky. That is because
__________.
Answer: heavy winter wave activity moves the sand out to the longshore bar and uncovers the rocks
underneath the sand
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Question 1: This image shows a variety of beach and shoreline features. Match the correct letter to the
regions and/or features listed below.
Answer: H: Longshore Bar A: Berm G: Beach B: Offshore F: Coast D: Wave-cut cliff C: Shore I: Beach
face E: Nearshore
Question 2: The image below depicts shoreline features characteristic of erosional coasts. Match the
correct letter to each of the following features.
Answer: B: Sea arch D: Headland H: Sea cave G: Blowhole A: Coves F: Uplifted marine terrace C:
Wave-cut bench E: Sea stack
Question 3: The image below depicts shoreline features characteristic of depositional coasts. Match the
correct letter to each of the following features.
Answer: A: Tombolo C: Barrier island B: Spit D: Bay barrier F: Delta E: Lagoon
Question 4: On this perspective view of a barrier island, match the correct letter to each of the
following features.
Answer: C: Peat bed B: Dune E: Ocean beach D: Barrier flat F: Lagoon A: Salt marsh
Question 5: On this diagram showing a perspective view of California's Santa Barbara Harbor, match
the correct letter to each of the following items.
Answer: B: Arrow that points in the direction of a longshore Drift D: Breakwater A: Area of sand
deposition E: Area threatened by erosion after construction of the breakwater C: Arrow that points in the
OPPOSITE direction of longshore drift F: Dredge
Question 6: Of the following statements about coastal regions and landforms, which is/are true?
Answer: -The berm is located in the backshore area. -The berm is affected by storm waves but is typically
dry and relatively flat. -Most of the beach face is exposed during the lowest tides and covered during the
highest tides. -The area of a beach above the shoreline is often called the recreational beach. -The beach
face is the wet, sloping surface in the foreshore area.
Question 7: Beach joggers prefer to run on the __________.
Answer: beach face
Question 8: What is the correct order of beach features as you move from the coast toward offshore?
Answer: Berm, beach face, longshore trough, longshore bar
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, Question 9: In the long term, what do beach drift and longshore current do?
Answer: move sediment parallel to shoreline
Question 10: What is the longshore current?
Answer: water forced by waves to move along the shore
Question 11: Which way would sediment move if NO beach drift existed?
Answer: at an angle to shore
Question 12: In general, what do beaches look like at the end of winter?
Answer: Beaches tend to have a narrow berm and a prominent longshore bar.
Question 13: How are winter beaches different from summer beaches?
Answer: Winter waves are short and high, whereas summer waves are long and shallower.
Question 14: In general, what do beaches look like at the end of summer?
Answer: Beaches tend to have a wide berm and no longshore bar.
Question 15: How long does it take berms to become narrow and rocky after summer has passed?
Answer: a few weeks
Question 16: How would a beach be affected if a wide berm were protected from erosion during winter
months?
Answer: The wintertime beach would look similar to the summertime beach.
Question 17: Of the following statements about longshore transport (longshore drift), which is/are
true?
Answer: -Longshore transport moves sediment in a zigzag path. -Longshore transport can change direction
depending on which direction the waves approach the beach. -Longshore transport moves sediment upcoast
or downcoast along the beach.
Question 18: Southern California beaches in winter typically are narrow and rocky. That is because
__________.
Answer: heavy winter wave activity moves the sand out to the longshore bar and uncovers the rocks
underneath the sand
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