Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc.
1210B Salazar Road - Taos, NM USA 87571
Phone: (800) 293-2725 or (575) 758-5535 - Fax: (575) 758-5536
E-mail: info@tasagraphicarts.com
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Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc. 1210B Salazar Road - Taos, NM USA 87571 Phone: (800) 293-2725 or (575) 758-5535 - Fax: (575) 758-5536 E-mail: info@tasagraphicarts.com |
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Earth's Dynamic Surface
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| 1) |
What is a sea stack? |
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| 2) | Where in the US are rocky shores
located? |
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| 3) | Where in the US are sandy shores located? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 4) |
Where in the US are both shores
located? |
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| Next, go in numerical order on frame 199: |
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| 5) What’s
a barrier island? |
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| 6) Which
process is most influential in shaping these? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 7) What
stabilizes the dunes? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 8) Which
process is most influential in shaping these? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 9) What is
a spit? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 10) Which process is
most influential in shaping these? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 11) Seasonally, how
do sand bars move? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 12) Which process is
most influential in shaping these? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 13) What is an inlet? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 14) (Thinker) What ripple
mark shapes would you expect to find? Uni-directional or Bi-directional? Why? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 15) Which process is
most influential in shaping these? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 16) What is the difference
between a flood-tide and a ebb-tide delta? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 17) Which process is
most influential in shaping ebb-tide deltas? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 18) Describe a tidal
flat? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 19) Which process is
most influential in shaping these? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 20) What is a back barrier? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 21) What is unique about
water in these areas? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 22) Which process is
most influential in shaping these? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 23) What is a cusp? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 24) Which process is
most influential in shaping these? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 25) | What is the difference between orthogonal
and oblique wave sets? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 26) | What forms during orthogonal? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 27) | Oblique does what to sediments? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| Move swimmer to answer on frame 203. |
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| 28) Clockwise and counterclockwise
rotational features by beach form what in the water? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 29) From tips of cusps,
out to sea is termed? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 30) On a cusped beach,
what is the term for the region safe to swim? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 31) | Longshore current does what to sediments? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 32) | Which diurnal tides are most extreme? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 33) | Why unequal? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 34) | What is a spring tide? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 35) | What is a neap tide? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 36) | Which produces greater tides (and
erosion)? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 37) | Storm surge breaching a barrier
island forms what? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 38) | What’s a nor’easter? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 39) | Type of sediments on Oregon coastal
beaches? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 40) | One cause for steep cliff coastlines? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 41) | What’s a tsunami? ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Do quiz. |
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