Exercises

1.

How are ocean waves formed?

2.

How does wave refraction concentrate erosion at headlands?

3.

What is a storm surge?

4.

How has human interference affected some beaches?

5.

Along what kinds of continental margins do we find broad continental shelves?

6.

Where and how is the deep seafloor created by volcanism?

7.

What plate tectonic process is responsible for deep-sea trenches?

8.

Where do turbidity currents form?

9.

What are pelagic sediments?

10.

How does the Moon interact with Earth to create tidal currents?