The Marine Environment

Chapter 16
 Shoreline Features

Label the features on the diagram below:

lagoon lagoon
bay

barrier
spit islands
spit bay mouth bar
beach

tombolo
 ____________Current
Longshore

The picture to
the right shows
waves hitting
the shore at an
angle, then
retreating
perpendicular to
the shoreline.
This zig-zag
pattern sets up
an ocean current
that runs
parallel to the
shoreline know
as the
___________
longshore
current.
 Erosional Landforms
 Put the following landforms in the
order that they would form:
___
4 sea stack
___ 2sea cave
___ 1sea cliff
___ 3sea arch
 The Continental Margin
Label the features on the continental margin below:

rise
shelf

slope
 Chapter Review
B Where a freshwater river empties
___ A. Continental Rise
into the ocean. B. Estuary
E
___The deepest part of the ocean C. Oozes
basins.
D. Abyssal Plain
D The smooth parts of the ocean
___
floor. E. Trench

A The part of the continental margin

___ F. Manganese Nodules
at the base of the continental slope. G. Guyots
G Underwater volcanoes with flat
___
tops.
F Sediments of valuable metals that
___
precipitated directly out of seawater.
C Sediments containing a large
___
percentage of once-living organisms.