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Chapter Test
This Chapter Test is a comprehensive set of questions that uses multiple ways to assess your comprehension of the chapter material.

This activity contains 15 questions.

Question 1
1 This photo shows one of the most famous of which of the following in the world, otherwise known as Cape Cod, Massachusetts? [Photo Source]
 
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Question 2
2 Cape Cod's origins are actually glacial in nature. Cape Cod is which of the following, formed during the retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet over 15,000 years ago?
 
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Question 3
3 The coral reefs in this NASA photo of the Maldive Islands (3.0N, 73.0E) in the Indian Ocean "appear as a line of strung pearl necklaces" in the ocean southwest of India. These coral reefs are best described as [Photo Source]
 
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Question 4
4 A ____ is enclosed by a baymouth bar.
 
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Question 5
5 Marine terraces are most associated with
 
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Question 6
6 Wave refraction is associated with the creation of
 
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Question 7
7 The high-water line is the break between the ____ and the ______.
 
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Question 8
8 Longshore currents are set up when waves break perpendicular to the shore.
   
 
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Question 9
9 Tidal waves are produced by the rise and fall of tides.
   
 
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Question 10
10 Pneumatic action by compressed air is more prevalent along rocky coasts than sandy ones.
   
 
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Question 11
11 On a shore made up of cliffs, the most effective erosion takes place just at or slightly below sea level.
   
 
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Question 12
12 Wave action is _____ on headlands and ______ in bays.
 
concentrated; dissipated
dissipated; concentrated
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Question 13
13 Match the following coastal features

Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column.
A backshore
B backwsh
C foreshore
D berm
E beach drifting
F swash
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Question 14
14 Identify the location of the features below.

The letters A through E appear on an image associated with this question.

For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image.
[hint]
[hint]
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Question 15
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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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