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ocean shore zone
Question | Answer |
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What are barrier islands? | Natural and function to protect the main land. |
What are inlets? | Water filled spaces between the barrier islands. |
What are waves? | The repeated water movements. |
What are estuaries? | where salt water and fresh water meet. They also act as sponges to soak up water and they filter the water. |
What are currents? | An on going movement of ocean waves. |
what are tides? | The rise and fall of a ocean. |
What does wind cause? | Currents |
How does water move? | currents, tides, and waves. |
How is one way to create sand dunes? | waves |
What are beaches? | shorelines made of sand. |
What do long shore currents do to a beach. | move sand from one place to another. |
What is the top of a wave called? | The crest |
What is the bottom of a wave called? | The trough |
Who's the man | Matthew, Matt, or MATT |