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Valley College
R. Lopez������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Fall
2002
1)
What
is eustatic change?
2)
What
are two causes of sea level fluctuation on a Global scale?
3)
Coasts
are classified based their history since sea level stabilized after the Great
Ice Age.� What are the two
classifications?� Define both.
4)
Primary
coasts glacial valleys and river valleys.�
What are drowned valleys?
5)
What
is a delta?�
6)
Name
and sketch the three types. Give examples of each.
7)
What
is a birdfoot (stream dominated) delta?
8)
What
is a prograding delta?
9)
What
are moraines?
10)
The
Hawaiian Islands are characterized by what kind of coast?
11)
What
are marine terraces?
12)
Secondary
coasts are those that have been modified by marine processes.� What are headlands, sea cliffs, sea stacks,
sea arches, tombolos, and wave cut platforms?
13)
What
is wave refraction.
14)
How
does wave refraction preferentially erode headlands, and how does wave
refraction contribute to the formation of sea arches?
15)
What
is the physical definition of a beach?
16)
What
is the longshore current? What is the longshore Drift?
17)
Be
able to label the different parts of a beach (berm, backshore, beach scarp,
offshore bars, sea cliff) on a diagram like in lecture.
18)
What
is the beach system?
19)
Be
able to recognize a �summer� beach and �winter� beach.
20)
What
are sand spits and how do they form?
21)
How
does a baymouth bar form?
22)
What
are barrier islands?� Where are the
lagoons in this setting?