GPH113 - Desert Quiz

_________________ is the onshore movement of a wave.

Swash

The coastal environment is also known as the littoral zone.

True

Who is most impacted by heat stress?

all of the above

A spring tide is noted by:

an unusually large tidal range

The term "eolian" refers to

erosion, transportation, and deposition by the wind.

Headlands receive diverging wave action and bays receive converging wave action.

false

The _______________ is the downward faulted block in the Basin and Range.

graben

Sediment transported in the longshore current

is called longshore drift.

After swimming for hours at Virginia Beach, you find that you have moved downbeach of your beach towel, even though you did not deliberately swim in that direction. This occurs because of:

longshore currents

This desert landform, a _______________ , is usually wider than it is tall.

mesa

Desert pavement refers to

surfaces of concentrated pebbles and gravels that are produced by particle removal and water-delivered cementing materials.

In a basin, what is the daily oscillation built mostly by the moon's gravitation?

tides

An earthquake, submarine landslide, or eruption of an undersea volcano is capable of producing a

tsunami

Wave action works to straighten a coast as wave energy focuses around headlands and tends to disperse energy in coves and bays in a process called

wave refraction.

A desert is only found in hot locations.

False

A tsunami is just a really high tide.

False

Most deserts are seas of sand dunes with little vegetation and animal life.

False

The phases of the moon never affect the tides.

False

A useful guide that shows how the body handles the given atmospheric conditions (what the temperature "feels" like):

Heat Index

An erosional coastal landform is:

NOT all of the above NOT hook NOT spit

The hottest of the four North American deserts:

NOT mojave

What is the desert landform that is formed from coalesced alluvial fans?

bajada