Fetch is ________.

Waves begin to "feel bottom" when the depth of water is ________.

The horizontal distance between successive crests (or troughs) is called the ________.

At what depth of water would waves "feel bottom" if their wavelength is 10 feet?

Which of the following statements is true about waves?

Water flowing back down the beach after a wave has broken is known as ________.

) One result of wave refraction is that wave energy is concentrated ________.

When waves reach shallow water, they are often bent and tend to become parallel to the shore. This process is termed ________

The movement of water within the surf zone that parallels the shore is termed ________.

The zigzag movement of sand grains along a beach is ________.

The movement of sand parallel to the shore ________.

Longshore sand transport and longshore currents depend on waves impinging ________ to a shoreline.

Currents within the surf zone that flow parallel to the shore are known as ________ currents.

Concentrated movements of water that flow opposite the direction of breaking waves are called ________.

Which one of the following is a landform created by wave erosion?

Erosional retreat of a(n) ________ leads to enlargement and extension of a wave-cut platform in the inland direction.

A sand ridge connecting an island to the mainland or to another island is a ________.

A flat, bench-like surface cut in rock along a coast is a ________.

An isolated remnant of wave erosion is a ________.

A ________ is an isolated remnant of bedrock standing above a wave-cut platform.

A sandbar that completely crosses a bay, sealing it off from the open ocean is a ________.

A ridge of sand projecting into a bay and often having a hooked end is a ________.

Low ridges of land, parallel to the coast, along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, are known as ________.

A ________ is the remnant of a sea arch

Which of the following shoreline features forms only in tectonically active areas?

When caves on opposite sides of a headland unite, a(n) ________ results.

If an initially irregular coastline remains relatively stable, it will become ________ over time.

The presence of which one of the following would indicate that the land had been uplifted or that sea level had fallen?

Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay are ________.

Large estuaries are more common on a(n) ________ coastline.

Elevated wave-cut platforms in Southern California are evidence that this coastal area is ________.

A hurricane causes the most damage in the coastal zone because of ________.

A poleward-moving ocean current is ________.

The majority of Atlantic hurricanes occur ________.

Hurricanes are said to have a steep pressure gradient, and as you move toward the center of the storm, ________.

Which of the following is true of the eye of a hurricane?

Once a hurricane makes landfall, it ________

A tropical storm becomes a hurricane when its sustained wind speeds exceed ________.

Which one of the following structures is built to protect boats from large breaking waves?

Which of the following is designed to prevent or retard shoreline erosion?

A barrier built at a right angle to the beach for the purpose of trapping sand that is moving parallel to the shore is called a ________.

Which of the following is an alternative to hard stabilization?

Hard stabilization approaches often result in ________.

Which of the following is a tidal current?

The daily tidal range is GREATEST during ________ tide

The daily tidal range is LEAST during ________ tide.

Which of the following has the greatest effect on the tides?

The _______ occurs as the tide falls.

________ occur at about the time of the first quarter and third quarter phases of the Moon.