Marine Unit 4 Review Quiz

Sand that if very fine, uniform, and round has travelled a ______ distance from the source.

• Long

• Short

This sand has many different mineral components and the particles are large, so it has likely traveled a _______ distance from the source

• Short

• Long

Sand that is very angular (pointy) has travelled a _____ distance from the source.

• long

• short

The process that moves sand parallel to to shoreline and shifts where sand is located on beaches is known as __________________.

• Beach Replensihment

• Longshore Transport

• Tidal Waves

The highest part of a wave is know as the

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

The lowest part of the wave is called the

• crest

• peak

• trough

• amplitude

The amplitude of a wave is 1/2 of the wave _________.

• length

• height

The time in between two wave peaks is called the _______.

• amplitude

• wavelength

• period

When new sand is added to a beach to prevent erosion, it is called _____________.

• beach drift

• longshore drift

• beach replenishment

Which type of waves break due to friction with the ocean floor?

• shallow water waves

• deep water waves