Winter and Summer Beaches
Losing and Gaining Sand
Longshore Drift
Harbors and Barriers
Continental Shelves and Canyons
100
Strong and moving sand out
What are winter beaches like?
100
the rate of sand being removed and replaced
What is not even for losing and gaining sand?
100
A current moving along the shore
What is longshore drift?
100
Protect harbors from big waves
What do breakwaters/jettys do?
100
A drop-off in the sea floor
What is a continental shelf?
200
Weak and moving sand in
What are summer beaches like?
200
Sand being removed has a higher rate then the other option
What is higher, the rate of sand being removed and replaced?
200
Something that stops longshore
What is jetty/breakwater?
200
The side that the longshore is coming from
Where does sand build up on a jetty/breakwater?
200
A cut in the continental shelf
What is a submarine canyon?
300
a beach without very much sand
What is a bony beach?
300
Durable pieces of sand
What are sea stacks?
300
Waves come in at an angle
Why does longshore exist?
300
Sand erodes on that side
What happens on the side of the jetty/breakwater that the longshore is not coming from?
300
Towards the shore is where they grow
Which way does a continental canyon grow?
400
the opposite of a bony beach
What is a beach that has lots of sand on it?
400
Sand comes from rivers
Why do beaches still have sand?
400
makes sand move along the shore
What is one thing longshore currents do?
400
Sand builds up at the entrance to the harbor
What is the problem with breakwaters?
400
Submarine canyons is where it gets deposited
Where does longshore currents deposit sand?
500
sand goes out
How are sandbars made?
500
Yes, they are always changing
Are sandy beaches always changing?
500
one thing that longshore does
What is shaping beaches
500
using pumps to remove sand
What is dredging?
500
beach sand moved by longshore currents
Where do submarine canyons get their sand?
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