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Class: MEA 250 - Introduction to Coastal Environments; Subject: Marine, Earth, and Atomspheric Sciences; University: North Carolina State University; Term: Spring 2015;
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How low was the sea level during the ice age? TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 What is the rough age of the last ice age? TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 Sea level was ____ during the ice age? TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 Side of earth facing the moon has a ___ water level while the side facing away has a ___ TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 Every 24 hours the moon travels ___ degrees
The moon's period is ___ days long TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 What is the tide of North Carolina? TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 During ___ tidal range is very small.tidal effects of sun and moon are in opposition to each other at first and last quarter. At these times low and high tides are less severe (pronounced) TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 ___ points occur because of resonance within oceanic...____ points occur because of resonance within oceanic basins and bays creating a standing wave pattern which rotates around the _____ (nodal) point. At the _____ point, there is almost no vertical movement, but further away there may be magnified tidal range, such as in the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada, where resonance between the tidal frequency and the natural frequency of the bay create extreme tides of up to 15 metres at its northernmost extremity. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 the vertical rise and fall of the surface of a body of water caused primarily due to the differences in gravitational attraction to the moon and to a lesser extent to the sun, upon different parts of the earth
the lowest position of sea level TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 Sea level reached present level about ___ yrs ago TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 comes from Greek historian Heredotus at 450 BC to describe traingular accumulation of sediments at the Nile TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 delta is a coastal accumulation of riverborne sediment extending both above and below sea level close to a river TERM 20
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produced during floods when river overtops its banks and immediately deposits much of its sediment load TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 deltas extend outwards from the coast due to the sediment- laden water jetting out into the sea TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 deltas occur where river delivered sediment is reworked by wave action TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 possess tidal channels as well as river channels, which create a rather fragmented, finger-like shoreline TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 2 bodies attract each other with a force that is proportional to the mass of each body and inversely proportional to the square of distance between them
average recorded height of all neap tide low water water levels TERM 32
DEFINITION 32 average height of all low water levels, 19 year period TERM 33
DEFINITION 33 average of the lower low water levels each day (19 year period) TERM 34
DEFINITION 34 average of all spring tide low water levels TERM 35
DEFINITION 35 openings along barrier shorelines, allow exchange of water between ocean and backbarrier
During rising tide, the water level of the ocean rises at a faster rate than that inside the inlet. The landwater flowing water is called a TERM 37
DEFINITION 37 During the falling tide, the water level Of the ocean drops ahead of that of the Bay inside the inlet. The seaward sloping water surface Produces TERM 38
DEFINITION 38 The total volume of water moving past a fixed cross section of the estuary during each flood tide or ebb tide is referred to as TERM 39
DEFINITION 39 accumulation of sand on the shoreward side of an inlet, initially formed during storm surges and maintained by flood currents TERM 40
DEFINITION 40 accumulation of sand of the seaward side of an inlet formed by ebb tidal current
Bio-eroders penetrate rock marine invertebrates (snails, etc.) TERM 47
DEFINITION 47 very slow, climate and rock type are influencers TERM 48
DEFINITION 48 rock type degree of fracturing wave energy tidal range climate relative sea level TERM 49
DEFINITION 49 sea cliffs horizontal erosional landforms sea stacks arches erosional features
