Fill-In-The Blanks for Shorlines - Chapter 14

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1. If a plate boundary coincides with a coastline the margin is said to be _________ . .

2. Deep sea sediment consists of a terrigenous component and a ________ component. .

3. In water depths of about 12,000 feet or deeper there are no particles composed of ____________ . .

4. Submarine fans and alluvial fans both accumulate where there is a break in _______ . .

5. An extinct submerged volcano is a _____________

6. Hot spots are located in the Earth's __________. .

7. Offshore sandbars are __________ .

8. The _________ is the distance over which the wind blows on a body of water. .

9. Breakers form when the water depth is about ________ of the wavelength. .

10. Gravitational attraction between the Earth and the ________ is the strongest force which produces the tides.. .

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