The Marine Environment

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The Marine Environment

• Chapter 16

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Shoreline Features
Label the features on the diagram below
lagoon
lagoon
bay
barrier islands
spit
bay mouth bar
spit
beach
tombolo
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____________Current
Longshore
The picture to the right shows waves hitting the
shore at an angle, then retreating perpendicular
to the shoreline. This zig-zag pattern sets up an
ocean current that runs parallel to the shoreline
know as the ___________ current.
longshore
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Erosional Landforms

• Put the following landforms in the order that
  they would form
• ___ sea stack ___ sea cave ___ sea
  cliff ___ sea arch

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The Continental Margin
Label the features on the continental margin
below
rise
shelf
slope
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Chapter Review

• Continental Rise
• Estuary
• Oozes
• Abyssal Plain
• Trench
• Manganese Nodules
• Guyots

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___ Where a freshwater river empties into the
ocean. ___The deepest part of the ocean
basins. ___ The smooth parts of the ocean
floor. ___ The part of the continental margin at
the base of the continental slope. ___ Underwater
volcanoes with flat tops. ___ Sediments of
valuable metals that precipitated directly out of
seawater. ___ Sediments containing a large
percentage of once-living organisms.
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D
A
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