How might severe ocean waves affect shoreline erosion?

a. Storms produce large waves that remove rock from shorelines.

b. Storms produce small waves that have little effect on shorelines.

c. Storms produce large waves that deposit sand bars along shorelines.

d. Storms produce small waves that deposit barrier spits along shorelines.

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Eden Medina

Biology

31 May, 19:32

How might severe ocean waves affect shoreline erosion?

a. Storms produce large waves that remove rock from shorelines.

b. Storms produce small waves that have little effect on shorelines.

c. Storms produce large waves that deposit sand bars along shorelines.

d. Storms produce small waves that deposit barrier spits along shorelines.

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Ryder · Answer 1

d. Storms produce large waves that deposit sand bars along shorelines.

Explanation:

Large waves are the product of distant storms, which occur during the summer months. Such waves bring more gravel and sand to the shorelines than they carry. As a consequence, the coast is gradually being upgraded.

Along many shores it is possible to notice the occurrence of material deposition in one place and erosion in another. A good example is the south coast of England. In the Fairlight area, several meters of shoreline are carried off each year, and apparently a new bay is created in the area. Just a few miles further east, at Dungeness, the pebbles formed a cape shaped like a nose ("ness" in the name of the place means "nose"), which gradually erupted into the sea. Cape Canaveral, Florida, was similarly created.