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HudsonKB16

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Wave action works to straighten a coast as wave energy focuses around headlands and tends to disperse energy in coves and bays in a process called
 
  A) longshore current.
  B) breakers.
  C) wave refraction.
  D) tidal bore.

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As a wave approaches the shoreline and enters shallower water, energy and water move forward causing the water to rise and cascade down from the wave crest as a breaker. These waves are called
 
  A) waves of translation.
  B) swells.
  C) waves of transition.
  D) tidal waves.


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ladyjames123

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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A


HudsonKB16

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Reply 2 on: Jul 14, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Wow, this really help

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