54. What is a berm? 53. What term describes the bending of waves? 51.Beach sand

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54. What is a berm?

53. What term describes the bending of waves?

51.Beach sand moves south to the equator where it forms atolls.

49.Do people live on barrier bars, baymouth bars or sand spits?

48. The West Coast of the US is tectonically moving up.

46. Waves tend to bend and wrap around headlands.

43. Most California beach sand comes is made of eroded rock chips washed down the rivers from the mountains.

40. The flat areas above most of California's scenic and rugged coastal cliffs are

39.Most California beach sand is light in color because the mafic minerals weathered away faster than the lighter colored sialic minerals, such as quartz.

37. In California there are many large, flat areas at the top of the sea cliffs. These large areas are flat because....

32.Wave refraction around a headland can create

31.New Orleans is on

30.Wave refraction around a headland can create

29.The East Coast of the US is a submerging coastline of drowned valleys.

28.If Padre Island is a chain of old sand dunes, why are they in the ocean?

27.There is no one maximum depth for desert blowouts. They vary in depth depending on conditions present at the location. What controls the depth of all blowouts?

26.The Basin and Range Province of the American southwest is known for the diversity of its arid region landforms.

a cirque

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54. Flat-topped platforms of sand adjacent to dunes or cliffs.

53. Refraction

52. erosion of sand

51. True

50. B

49. Yes

48. True

47. cone of depression

46. True

44. longshore transport

43. False

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