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Beach Anatomy
Waves
Sand
Erosion
Misc.
100
What is a terrace of sand on the beach left by the waves.
Berm
100
What is the distance from one wave crest to another?
Wavelength
100
What are sediments that are made up of the remains of living things?
Biogenous
100
What is a structure that keeps sediment out of the opening to a harbor?
Jetty
100
What forms the dunes?
Wind
200
What is the part of the beach closest to the water?
Foreshore
200
What is the distance a wave can travel without hitting land?
Fetch
200
What are sediments that are made up of rock?
Lithogenous
200
Breakwater What is a rock wall parallel to the beach but not touching the beach?
Breakwater
200
Where would more rounded sediment be found on a beach?
Foreshore
300
What is part of the beach where plants can grow?
Backshore
300
When does a wave start to break?
In a depth equal to less than 1/2 the wavelength
300
What are sediments that are made up of meteors and other space debris?
Cosmogenous
300
What are rock walls perpendicular to the beach that are often in groups?
Groins
300
What is the area of the shoreline where wave energy is most concentrated?
Headland
400
What is a line of seaweed and debris left on the beach at the high tide mark?
Wrackline
400
What type of wave occurs along steep beaches?
Surging
400
What mineral makes up most of Cape Cod beaches?
Quartz
400
What is the man made process of putting sand back onto an eroded beach?
Beach Nourishment
400
During what season are beaches lower?
Winter
500
What is a cliff near the beach made of sand and loose sediments?
Scarp
500
What is a wave caused by tectonic activity?
Tsunami
500
Where would smaller beach sediments be located on a beach?
Dunes
500
What is the current that flows parallel to the beach caused by waves?
Longshore Current
500
Tombolo
What is a strip of sand that connects an island to the mainland?