Question.3945 - Oceanography: Homework # 5 and Study Guide for Test # 4, Chapters 9+10 Upload on Canvas! The homework must be uploaded on Canvas prior to the exam to receive credit. Chapter 9: Tides Discuss the forces involved that create tides on Earth. Which of Earths two tidal components, lunar or solar, is most significant? Explain. Make sketches illustrating the spring tide alignment and the neap tide alignment of the Earth-Sun-Moon system. Label the gravity and inertia tides on each sketch. Why are neap tide ranges so different from spring tide ranges? The east coast of North America has a simple tidal pattern called semidiurnal, but the tidal pattern for the west coast is a mixed pattern. Why are the tidal patterns for North Americas coasts so different? Review your work sheet "Tidal Patterns for Western North America". Was the tide moving toward the north or toward the south? How can you tell? Chapter 10: The Coast: Beaches and Shoreline Processes Briefly describe differences between summertime and wintertime beaches and explain why these differences occur. What is longshore drift and how is it related to a longshore current? Compare and contrast erosional coasts and depositional coasts. Distinguish between an emerging shoreline and a submerging shoreline. Describe the types of hard stabilization and what each is intended to do.?
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