Exam 1 TCO 2025 Questions and
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ocean takes up x percent of oceans surface - ✔✔70%
challenges of NJ coast - ✔✔shoreline retreat, nuisance flooding, storm damage to dunes
purpose of the ocean - ✔✔the regulate climate and provide habitat
how does the ocean regulate climate - ✔✔absorbs carbon dioxide from atmosphere and
lowers air temperature
4 oceans - ✔✔Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic
what makes the ocean salty - ✔✔sodium chloride in rain runoff
what makes ocean warmer - ✔✔greenhouse effect- absorbs CO2
what causes sea level rise - ✔✔melting of land based glaciers and expanding of warmer
water
Ocean acidification - ✔✔reduction of pH level due to absorption of co2
greenhouse effect - ✔✔light comes in but heat cannot escape
consequences of sea level rise - ✔✔flossing, erosion
shore line renewable resources - ✔✔wind, waves(floating device on top), solar
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, nature based solutions to erosion - ✔✔sand dunes, eco reefs (clam shells in wire cages
placed on shore lines)
Erosion land forms - ✔✔arch, curve, cliff and terrance, embayment, stack
depositional land form - ✔✔beach, spit, tombolo, barrier island, lagoon
descriptive classifications - ✔✔rocky coast, short barrier island
genetic classification - ✔✔based on factors that influence the shape of the coast(sea
level, tectonic activity)
Emergent Classification - ✔✔sea level lowers —> cliffs, rocky coasts
submergent classification - ✔✔sea level rises —> flooding
primary coast classification (shepard) - ✔✔shaped by terrestrial process —> land
erosion, volcanic coasts
secondary coasts classification - ✔✔shaped by waves and other coastal processes —>
wave erosion, marine deposition
primary classification (nordstrom) - ✔✔based on continental margin type
collision coasts - ✔✔west coast (active earth quakes and volcanic activity)
trailingdgo coasts - ✔✔east coast (little earth quakes)
marginal sea coasts - ✔✔protected from open ocean in some wat
3 main sub systems of a beach - ✔✔swash, surf, breaker
swash zone - ✔✔where water hits sand and rolls in
surf zone - ✔✔after waves break and you surf ut
breaker zone - ✔✔where waves build and break
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Answers 100% Pass
ocean takes up x percent of oceans surface - ✔✔70%
challenges of NJ coast - ✔✔shoreline retreat, nuisance flooding, storm damage to dunes
purpose of the ocean - ✔✔the regulate climate and provide habitat
how does the ocean regulate climate - ✔✔absorbs carbon dioxide from atmosphere and
lowers air temperature
4 oceans - ✔✔Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic
what makes the ocean salty - ✔✔sodium chloride in rain runoff
what makes ocean warmer - ✔✔greenhouse effect- absorbs CO2
what causes sea level rise - ✔✔melting of land based glaciers and expanding of warmer
water
Ocean acidification - ✔✔reduction of pH level due to absorption of co2
greenhouse effect - ✔✔light comes in but heat cannot escape
consequences of sea level rise - ✔✔flossing, erosion
shore line renewable resources - ✔✔wind, waves(floating device on top), solar
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, nature based solutions to erosion - ✔✔sand dunes, eco reefs (clam shells in wire cages
placed on shore lines)
Erosion land forms - ✔✔arch, curve, cliff and terrance, embayment, stack
depositional land form - ✔✔beach, spit, tombolo, barrier island, lagoon
descriptive classifications - ✔✔rocky coast, short barrier island
genetic classification - ✔✔based on factors that influence the shape of the coast(sea
level, tectonic activity)
Emergent Classification - ✔✔sea level lowers —> cliffs, rocky coasts
submergent classification - ✔✔sea level rises —> flooding
primary coast classification (shepard) - ✔✔shaped by terrestrial process —> land
erosion, volcanic coasts
secondary coasts classification - ✔✔shaped by waves and other coastal processes —>
wave erosion, marine deposition
primary classification (nordstrom) - ✔✔based on continental margin type
collision coasts - ✔✔west coast (active earth quakes and volcanic activity)
trailingdgo coasts - ✔✔east coast (little earth quakes)
marginal sea coasts - ✔✔protected from open ocean in some wat
3 main sub systems of a beach - ✔✔swash, surf, breaker
swash zone - ✔✔where water hits sand and rolls in
surf zone - ✔✔after waves break and you surf ut
breaker zone - ✔✔where waves build and break
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