Test Review: Coast and Shoreline Processes

Which in NOT a form of "hard stabilization" used at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront?

• Groins

• Breakwaters

• Seawall

• Beach Nourishment

• Jetties

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Which beach erosion prevention tries to simulate a naturally occurring coral reef?

• Seawalls

• Underwater Breakwaters

• Breakwaters

• Groins

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

What is the prevailing direction of longshore drift in the following picture?

• West to East

• East to West

• North to South

• South to North

What kind of beach hardening structure is pictured?

• Breakwater

• Groin

• Seawall

• Jetty

How does most of the sand on a beach get there?

• Carried by marine organisms

• Erosion of very close land

• Carried by rivers & streams

• From outer space

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which would be the correct order of formation from first to last?

• Sea Stack, Sea Arch, Sea Cave, Headland

• Sea Arch, Sea Cave, Sea Stack, Headland

• Headland, Sea Cave, Sea Arch, Sea Stack

• Sea Cave, Headland, Sea Stack, Sea Arch

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Sea Cliffs are generally formed by which process?

• Rollover

• Wave Erosion

• Chemical Weathering

• Wave Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is NOT an Erosional feature?

• Tombolo

• Sea Cliff

• Sea Stack

• Sea Cave

While at the beach with your friends, you fell asleep while floating on a raft. When you wake up, you have drifted several hundred yards from where you left your stuff. You have been moved by what?

• Offshore Current

• Longshore Current

• a Gyre

• Equatorial Current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which agent is NOT a major cause of sand depletion on beaches?

• Storms

• Wind

• Glaciers

• Waves