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Economic effect
Protection
Causes
100
The shape of beaches in NJ
What are barrier islands
100
The business that gets destroyed whenever beaches wash away from boardwalks
What is tourism
100
ways that erosion hurts finances
What is the Economic Impact
100
This goes along the coastline and sand as it washes away from the beach
What is groins
100
Washes away sand from the coastline using current
What are waves
200
This canceled show's cast came to relive Hurricane Sandy victims in Seaside
What is The Jersey Shore
200
gradual incline in temperature causes ice caps to melt and raise water level
What is global warming
200
money that goes into fixing coastlines
What are tax dollars
200
Besides an apparel company, this keeps inlets open for boats
What is Jetty
200
Can bring in flooding and heavy wind and rain to destroy beaches
What are storms
300
Protects most of NJ beaches
What are sand dunes
300
he process in which Beaches and Coastlines are slowly and sometimes rapidly worn away by both natural and unnatural activities
What is Coastal erosion
300
$500 M in damage of the U.S. annually
What is coastal erosion worth
300
This sticks out in the water and prevents waves from coming in and washing away the sand
What is breakwater
300
Vehicle that aids erosion
What is a boat
400
Direction of wind that gives NJ big swells
What is North Easterns
400
The sand that gets trapped against the groin
What is accretion
400
Federal Government budget to replenish shorelines
What is $150 M Annually
400
An natural barrier that keeps sand from going into the deep sea
What is a reef
400
Expands the beach while shrinking the continental shelf
What is beach replenishment
500
Effected New Jersey in 2013 destroying beaches and boardwalks
What is Hurricane Sandy
500
root systems that hold together soil
What are marshlands
500
The year New Jersey alone will exceeding in $20 B in beach repairs
What is the year 2100
500
large mounds of sand that protects beach front houses
What is a dune
500
Storms that bring in catastrophic damage to the shoreline
What is hurricanes