Created by Erin Rockwood
about 4 years ago
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Does this diagram show upwelling and downwelling due to Ekman Flow in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?
Does this image show El Nino or La Nina conditions?
Does this image show El Nino or La Nina conditions?
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
What kind of tides would you expect during the New Moon or Full Moon phases?
Spring tide
Neap tide
Intermediate tide
Zero tide
What is shown in this diagram?
Longshore drift
Low tide erosional bench
Spit
Tombolo
What are the erosional features shown in the water in this picture?
Low-tide erosional bench
Sea Stacks
Delta
Barrier Island
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
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
What is the name of the shoreline feature shown in this figure?
Barrier island
Delta
Oil spill
Turbidite deposit
Tombolo
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