Answer these 7 questions from the pdf file attached in the bottom
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HIMNEYS
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OCEANOGRAPHY AND SHORELINE
HAZARDS
Name
Class
1. List the main types of continental margins. What are the main geologic features associated
with active margins?
2-Passive continental margins, active continental ma
margins
2- Trenches, mid atlantic ridges, seamounts, guyouts
2.
How much damage is caused by flooding?
The financial cost is approxmitty 6 billion
dollars a year since 2000
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3.
How much losses are related to coastal erosin in North America?
It costs the U.S. 500 million dollars a year
in constal property loss.
4.
What kind of damage is caused by coastal storms? Coastal processes
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5. Explain in detail the following:
a. Ocean temperature
b. Ocean salinity
c. Mitigation of coastal hazards
d. Ocean currents
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6. What is the difference between the following?
a. Barrier reefs and atoll reefs:
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b. A wave-cut cliff and a sea stack:
d. High and low tides:
e. A continental shelf and a continental slope:
7als the eastern margin of North America a passive continental margin or an active
continental? List your evidence(s). The western margin of North America
is characterized by a trench and a subduction zone; is this an indication of an active
margin or a passive margin? What is your evidence?