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20) Which of the following is an example of hard stabilization?
A) Seawalls
B) Beach replenishment
C) Construction restrictions
D) Relocation
E) Beach renourishment
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.7 What Issues Face Coastal Wetlands?
Essent'l Concept: 10.5 Describe the types of hard stabilization and evaluate various alternatives
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
21) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Barrier flat
B) Beach face
C) Berm
D) Longshore bar
E) Longshore trough
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 10.1 How Are Coastal Regions Defined?
Essent'l Concept: 10.1 Use appropriate beach terminology to specify how coastal regions are
defined
22) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Marine terrace
B) Sea arches
C) Sea caves
D) Tombolo
E) Wave-cut cliffs
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 10.3 What Features Exist Along Erosional and Depositional Shores?
Essent'l Concept: 10.3 Describe the characteristic features of erosional and depositional shores
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23) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Bay-mouth bar
B) Delta
C) Sea stack
D) Spit
E) Tombolo
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 10.3 What Features Exist Along Erosional and Depositional Shores?
Essent'l Concept: 10.3 Describe the characteristic features of erosional and depositional shores
24) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Formation of large inland lakes
B) Increased seafloor spreading rates
C) Melting glacial ice
D) Melting sea ice
E) Uplifted continental crust
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 10.4 How Do Changes in Sea Level Produce Emerging and Submerging Shorelines?
Essent'l Concept: 10.4 Discuss how changes in sea level produce emerging and submerging
shorelines
25) Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of
words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.
A) Groin
B) Beach compartment
C) Jetty
D) Breakwater
E) Seawall
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 10.5 How Does Hard Stabilization Affect Coastlines?
Essent'l Concept: 10.5 Describe the types of hard stabilization and evaluate various alternatives
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
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26) Prevailing offshore winds produce coastal waters that ________.
A) are biologically diverse
B) are cooler
C) are identical to the open ocean
D) have higher salinities
E) have lower salinities
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.6 What Are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters?
Essent'l Concept: 10.6 Compare the various types of coastal waters
27) Lagoons that form behind barrier islands are examples of ________.
A) bar-built estuaries
B) coastal plain estuaries
C) fjords
D) salt wedge estuaries
E) tectonic estuaries
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.6 What Are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters?
Essent'l Concept: 10.6 Compare the various types of coastal waters
28) An estuary formed from a flooded glacial valley is called a ________.
A) bar-built estuary
B) coastal plain estuary
C) fjord
D) tectonic estuary
E) vertically mixed estuary
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.6 What Are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters?
Essent'l Concept: 10.6 Compare the various types of coastal waters
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29) An estuary produced by faulting or folding of rocks that creates a dropped-down section into
which a river flows is called a ________.
A) bar-built estuary
B) coastal plain estuary
C) fjord
D) salt wedge estuary
E) tectonic estuary
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.6 What Are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters?
Essent'l Concept: 10.6 Compare the various types of coastal waters
30) An example of a coastal plain estuary is the ________.
A) Chesapeake Bay
B) Laguna Madre
C) Monterey Bay
D) Pamlico Sound
E) San Francisco Bay
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.6 What Are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters?
Essent'l Concept: 10.6 Compare the various types of coastal waters
31) An example of a bar-built estuary is ________.
A) Aleutian Islands
B) Chesapeake Bay
C) Laguna Madre
D) Puget Sound
E) San Francisco Bay
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.6 What Are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters?
Essent'l Concept: 10.6 Compare the various types of coastal waters
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32) Estuarine circulation associated with a deep, high river volume system where no horizontal
salinity gradient exists at the surface is called a ________.
A) bar-built estuary
B) highly stratified estuary
C) salt wedge estuary
D) slightly stratified estuary
E) vertically mixed estuary
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.6 What Are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters?
Essent'l Concept: 10.6 Compare the various types of coastal waters
33) Estuarine circulation associated with a shallow, low-volume estuary in which river water
mixes evenly at all depths with ocean water would be called a ________.
A) highly stratified estuary
B) salt wedge estuary
C) slightly stratified estuary
D) tectonic estuary
E) vertically mixed estuary
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.6 What Are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters?
Essent'l Concept: 10.6 Compare the various types of coastal waters
34) The Columbia River estuary received its most significant ecological damage from which of
the following sources?
A) Dikes erected by farmers to prevent flooding
B) Dredging of the river to accommodate boat traffic
C) Hydroelectric dams
D) Pollution due to soil erosion from logging
E) Poor farming practices
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.6 What Are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters?
Essent'l Concept: 10.6 Compare the various types of coastal waters
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35) One major problem associated with the Chesapeake Bay due to increased human pressure is
________.
A) an increased salinity during particular times of the year
B) an increase in nutrients resulting in more frequent kills of bottom-dwelling or benthic animals
C) decreased tributary river flow due to increased water demand
D) salinity fluctuations due to reduced inflow from rivers
E) the removal of sediments behind hydroelectric dams
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 10.6 What Are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters?
Essent'l Concept: 10.6 Compare the various types of coastal waters
36) The type of circulation pattern found in Laguna Madre is ________.
A) opposite of the typical estuarine circulation pattern
B) salt wedge pattern
C) slightly stratified circulation pattern
D) vertically mixed circulation pattern
E) wind-driven circulation pattern
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.6 What Are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters?
Essent'l Concept: 10.6 Compare the various types of coastal waters
37) When less saline water enters a marginal sea above a return flow of saltier water, the
circulation pattern is called ________.
A) estuarine circulation
B) fjord circulation
C) lagoon circulation
D) loop current circulation
E) Mediterranean circulation
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.6 What Are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters?
Essent'l Concept: 10.6 Compare the various types of coastal waters
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38) Coastal wetlands are characterized by ________.
A) high levels of inorganic matter in the tidal zone and oxygen-rich muds
B) high levels of organic matter in the tidal zone and oxygen-poor muds
C) high levels of organic matter in the tidal zone and oxygen-rich muds
D) high levels of inorganic matter in the tidal zone and anoxic muds
E) low levels of organic matter in the tidal zone and oxygen-rich muds
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.7 What Issues Face Coastal Wetlands?
Essent'l Concept: 10.7 Specify the issues that face coastal wetlands
39) The percentage of the original area of wetlands currently left in the United States is
approximately ________.
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 65%
E) 75%
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.7 What Issues Face Coastal Wetlands?
Essent'l Concept: 10.7 Specify the issues that face coastal wetlands
40) Which of the following results in the growth of coastal wetlands?
A) Agriculture
B) Coastal housing
C) Removal of mangroves
D) Industrial development
E) Reintroduction of coastal vegetation
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.7 What Issues Face Coastal Wetlands?
Essent'l Concept: 10.7 Specify the issues that face coastal wetlands
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41) Where does sand accumulate during heavy wave activity?
A) Along the beach face
B) Behind the dunes
C) Beneath the breakers
D) In the berm
E) Offshore sand bars
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.2 How Does Sand Move on the Beach?
Essent'l Concept: 10.2 Explain how sand moves on the beach
42) Where does sand accumulate during light wave activity?
A) Along the beach face
B) Behind the dunes
C) Beneath the breakers
D) In the berm
E) Offshore sand bars
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.2 How Does Sand Move on the Beach?
Essent'l Concept: 10.2 Explain how sand moves on the beach
43) Which of the following occurs during light wave activity?
A) A backward movement of sand along the beach face
B) A net movement of sand down the beach face
C) Backwash dominates the transport system
D) Much of the swash soaks into the beach
E) The beach is saturated with water from previous waves
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.2 How Does Sand Move on the Beach?
Essent'l Concept: 10.2 Explain how sand moves on the beach
44) Which of the following occurs during heavy wave activity?
A) A backward movement of sand along the beach face
B) A net movement of sand down the beach face
C) Backwash dominates the transport system
D) Much of the swash soaks into the beach
E) The beach is saturated with water from previous waves
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.2 How Does Sand Move on the Beach?
Essent'l Concept: 10.2 Explain how sand moves on the beach
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45) The speed of longshore currents decreases as which of the following increases?
A) Beach slope
B) Breaker angle
C) Wave frequency
D) Wave height
E) Wave period
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.2 How Does Sand Move on the Beach?
Essent'l Concept: 10.2 Explain how sand moves on the beach
46) The speed of longshore currents increases as which of the following decreases?
A) Beach slope
B) Breaker angle
C) Wave frequency
D) Wave height
E) Wave period
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.2 How Does Sand Move on the Beach?
Essent'l Concept: 10.2 Explain how sand moves on the beach
47) Which of the following features is characteristic of an emerging shoreline?
A) Drowned beach
B) Drowned river valley
C) Marine terrace
D) Submerged dune topography
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.4 How Do Changes in Sea Level Produce Emerging and Submerging Shorelines?
Essent'l Concept: 10.4 Discuss how changes in sea level produce emerging and submerging
shorelines
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48) Which of the following features is characteristic of a submerging shoreline?
A) Ancient sea cliffs
B) Drowned beach
C) Marine terrace
D) Sea stacks
E) Wave-cut benches
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.4 How Do Changes in Sea Level Produce Emerging and Submerging Shorelines?
Essent'l Concept: 10.4 Discuss how changes in sea level produce emerging and submerging
shorelines
49) Which of the following can help prevent beach starvation?
A) Beach replenishment
B) Damming a river
C) Disrupting longshore transport
D) Lining a river with concrete
E) Sand and gravel mining
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 10.3 What Features Exist Along Erosional and Depositional Shores?
Essent'l Concept: 10.3 Describe the characteristic features of erosional and depositional shores
50) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The berm is a favorite
place of beachgoers BECAUSE it normally consists of dry sand.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 10.1 How Are Coastal Regions Defined?
Essent'l Concept: 10.1 Use appropriate beach terminology to specify how coastal regions are
defined
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