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Ocean and Coastal Systems
Ocean and Coastal Systems
Use the links below to review and assess your learning.
Start with the "Important Terms and Concepts" to ensure you know the
terminology related to the topic of the chapter and concepts discussed.
Move on to the "Review Questions" to answer critical thinking
questions about concepts and processes discussed in the chapter. Finally,
test your overall understanding by taking the
"Self-assessment quiz".
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Important Terms and Concepts
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Review Questions
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Self-assessment quiz
Use these resources to further explore the world of
geography
"On
the Beach" News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) August 22, 2003 report
on California's coastal erosion problem.
The Sea Floor The Earth Revealed (Annenberg/CPB)
This segment examines the research submersibles and
indirect methods used to study the bottom of the ocean, providing a look
at volcanic activity, formations such as the continental shelf
and mid-ocean ridges, and life forms living at extreme depths. One-time, free
registration may be required to view film. (29:00) Go to the
Earth Revealed site and scroll to "The Sea Floor". One-time, free
registration may be required to view film.
Conservation Medicine: What the Oceans are Telling Us (WGBH Forum
Network) From the site: "This
talk analyzes how human impacts on the world's oceans have devastated
populations, species and ecosystems at a rapid scale, and how methodologies
to assess marine ecosystem health are grossly lacking."
 "Amazing
Atolls of the Maldives" (NASA Earth Observatory) This report
investigates the role of climate and waves in the development of coral
reefs that form atolls.
"Shifting
Shoals and Shattered Rocks - How Man has Transformed the Floor of
West-Central San Francisco Bay" (USGS)
 7.9MB
USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program
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