Science Chapter 12-1
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- What happens when waves hit land?
- Waves release energy their energy against the shoreline and cause erosion.
- Beach homes get destroyed every year because of . . .?
- wave erosion
- Waves approaching the shoreline at an angle push water along the shore causing a . . . . .?
- longshore current
- What happens during a storm?
- Waves remove more sand than they bring in and the beach is eroded.
- When a low, gentle wave breaks on the shore, it moves . . . onto the beach?
- sand
- What happens when aves approach at a slight angle to the shore?
- sand is pushed along the beach
- Why do Shore zones constantly change?
- They change because waves and currents are constantly eroding and depoisting sediments along the shore.
- Longshore currents have enough . . . . . . . . to erode the shoreline?
- mechanical energy
- What is beening carried away bit by bit by the oceans where the buildings once stood?
- sand dunes
- Structures ca't stand for very long without . . .?
- special supports along an eroding beach.