NCC GLY105 Take Test Quiz Chapter 4

•Question 1       Sea level that changes globally is known as:

relative sea level change

eustatic sea level change

transgression

regression

•Question 2       Sea level often changes very rapidly along which type of coastline?

collision coast

                marginal sea coast

                 afro-trailing coast

                amero-trailing coast

•Question 3       During times in Earth’s history of rapid sea floor spreading, sea level does what?

decreases

increases

is unaffected

•Question 4       Seasonal, local changes in sea level occur because:

wind patterns change

ocean currents shift

of the positions of high and low pressure systems

all of the above

•Question 5       In which season is sea level the highest at Jones Beach (south shore LI)?

spring

fall

summer

winter

•Question 6       The process by which nutrient rich water rises along a coastline is known as:

upwelling

downwelling

precession

obliquity

•Question 7       Sometimes the land itself subsides and sea level increases.  This is most commonly due to:

glaciation

sediment compaction

upwelling

the ductile nature of the lithosphere

•Question 8       Differences in the elevation of Earth’s crust as a result of over burden weight is known as:

isostasy

fluid withdrawal

sediment compaction

lithification

•Question 9       The east coast of the United States is currently experiencing:

uplift      

submergence

neither; the coast is at a point of equilibrium

•Question 10     Fluid withdrawal creates____________________ along a coast.

subsidence

 uplift