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Flashcards by Erin Rockwood, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Erin Rockwood
over 3 years ago
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Does this diagram show upwelling and downwelling due to Ekman Flow in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?
Image:
Wavess (binary/octet-stream)
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Northern |
| Does this image show El Nino or La Nina conditions? | El Nino |
| Does this image show El Nino or La Nina conditions? | La Nina |
| What kind of tides would you expect during the first quarter or third quarter phase of the moon? Spring tide Neap tide Intermediate tide Zero tide | Neap Tide |
| What kind of tides would you expect during the New Moon or Full Moon phases? Spring tide Neap tide Intermediate tide Zero tide | Spring tide |
| What is shown in this diagram? Longshore drift Low tide erosional bench Spit Tombolo | Longshore drift |
| What are the erosional features shown in the water in this picture? Low-tide erosional bench Sea Stacks Delta Barrier Island | Sea Stacks |
| What is the name of the feature, highlighted by the orange-red line, that borders the coastline in most places from Maine to Texas? Breakwaters Piers Barrier islands Tombolos Deltas | Barrier islands |
| What is the feature extending from the top right to bottom left in the middle in this image? Groin Field Breakwater Pier Barrier island Tombolo | Barrier island |
| What is the name of the shoreline feature shown in this figure? Barrier island Delta Oil spill Turbidite deposit Tombolo | Delta |
| What is the cause of the rise and fall of sea level (about 150 meters over the last 35 thousand years) shown in this diagram? Global warming Mid-ocean ridge activity Emergence of the Himalayan Mountains The advance and retreat of continental ice sheets Tectonic uplift and subsidence | The advance and retreat of continental ice sheets |
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