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Explain how a wave moves water.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The presence of sea shells on beaches indicates that
 
  A) waves erode some beach sediment from shoreline rock and regolith.
  B) streams deliver large volumes of sediment to the ocean.
  C) waves erode sediment from the seafloor.
  D) longshore currents carry sediment off the end of a headland.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: Particles suspended in the water move through circular orbits of decreasing diameter at deeper depths. The circular wave motion of water imparts a small amount of forward movement of the water. The motion beneath the passing wave decreases downward, so a particle of water moves farther when it moves up and forward than when it moves down and backward. Therefore water actually does move slowly in the direction of wave movement.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C



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