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Ocean Shore Zone
Question | Answer |
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What is the Ocean Shore Zone? | Where the water and land meet. |
What are beaches? | shorelines made of sand. |
What are Barrier Islands? | pieces of land surrounded by water on all sides. |
What is an Estuary? | is the area where the river and the ocean meet. |
What is an Inlet? | the space filled with water between Barrier Islands. |
What is a current? | ongoing movement of water. |
How does water move? | waves, currents, and tides. |
What is a wave? | the repeated movement of overlapping water. |
What is a tide? | the rise and fall of the oceans water. |
What is another name for the Ocean Shore Zone? | Coast or Shoreline |
How do Beaches change? | They change by wind and water |
What do Barrier Islands do? | They protect the mainland |
Do Ocean currents and Storms change the shapes of Inlets? | Yes |
What create currents? | Wind moving across water |
Do waves have the same parts? | Yes |
How many dirrerent types of tides are there? | 4 |