Chapter 10.3 Review Oceanography

Sediment is supplied to the coastal zone by _______.

• coastal erosion

• local biological activity

• rivers

• All of the above are sources of sediment in the coastal zone.

• Only A and B are sources of sediment in the coastal zone.

Which of the following is found at a depositional shore?

• Headlands

• Wave-cut cliffs

• Deltas

• Sea caves

• Sea arches

Narrow currents flowing across the surf zone toward the open ocean are called _______.

• longshore currents

• nearshore currents

• rip currents

• surf flow

• swash

A linear ridge of sediment attached to land at one end might be called a _______.

• barrier island

• bay barrier

• bay-mouth bar

• spit

• tombolo

If one were to walk from the ocean landward across a barrier island complex, in which order would one encounter the following environments?

• Barrier flat, dune, beach, low marsh, high marsh

• Beach, dune, barrier flat, high marsh, low marsh

• Beach, dune, barrier flat, low marsh, high marsh

• Dune, barrier flat, beach, high marsh, low marsh

• Low marsh, high marsh, barrier flat, dune, beach

The area of the barrier island complex that would contain thickets and woodlands would be the _______.

• barrier flat

• dune

• high marsh

• lagoon

• low marsh

Large deposits of sediment at the mouths of rivers are called ________.

• Barrier islands

• Barrier flats

• Tombolos

• Deltas

• Bay-mouth bar

Which of the following is not an erosional feature?

• Cliffs

• Spits

• Sea arches

• Sea stacks

• Marine terraces

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Which of the following is not a depositional feature?

• Spits

• Tombolos

• Marine terraces

• Barrier islands

• Deltas

Which river system has the largest known delta?

• Colorado River

• Mississippi River

• Ohio River

• Hudson River

• Missouri River