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shorline changes
changes in the shorline
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| beaches | land areas along a coastline where the surface material is mostly sand |
| shorline | where the land meets the ocean |
| barrier islands | sea island along a coastline that protects the main land from waves, tides, and servere storms |
| tides | daily changes in the level of earth's ocean; two high tides and two low tides every day |
| currents | streams of water that continually flows through the ocean moving large amounts of water from one place to another (like a river in the ocean) |
| surface currents | streams of water caused by the movement of earth and the direction winds; some are warm and others are cold water |
| long-shore currents | water movement going parallel to the shoreline that moves sand and water from one location to the another |
| inlets | indications along the coastline where tides affect the flow of water ; channels in the inlet often inter connect and somewhere provide access to the open ocean |
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ktolson
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