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    1. This document is a student's earth science assignment on oceans. It includes questions about features visible in several satellite images related to oceanography and coastal landforms. 2. The questions cover topics like measuring the height, length and depth of a wave from a scale diagram; identifying a tombolo connecting two landforms; how a needle-like peninsula formed from erosion; how river deltas and vegetation might change in varying water conditions; defining an estuary and identifying one in an image; and describing how a reef and marine terraces formed. 3. The student provides explanations to each question, citing processes like erosion, sediment deposition, tidal activity, and volcanic activity that shaped the different landforms visible

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    1. This document is a student's earth science assignment on oceans. It includes questions about features visible in several satellite images related to oceanography and coastal landforms. 2. The questions cover topics like measuring the height, length and depth of a wave from a scale diagram; identifying a tombolo connecting two landforms; how a needle-like peninsula formed from erosion; how river deltas and vegetation might change in varying water conditions; defining an estuary and identifying one in an image; and describing how a reef and marine terraces formed. 3. The student provides explanations to each question, citing processes like erosion, sediment deposition, tidal activity, and volcanic activity that shaped the different landforms visible

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    1. This document is a student's earth science assignment on oceans. It includes questions about features visible in several satellite images related to oceanography and coastal landforms. 2. The questions cover topics like measuring the height, length and depth of a wave from a scale diagram; identifying a tombolo connecting two landforms; how a needle-like peninsula formed from erosion; how river deltas and vegetation might change in varying water conditions; defining an estuary and identifying one in an image; and describing how a reef and marine terraces formed. 3. The student provides explanations to each question, citing processes like erosion, sediment deposition, tidal activity, and volcanic activity that shaped the different landforms visible

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    Earth Science Name:Sharmet Thomas Class: Earth Science

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    1. This document is a student's earth science assignment on oceans. It includes questions about features visible in several satellite images related to oceanography and coastal landforms. 2. The questions cover topics like measuring the height, length and depth of a wave from a scale diagram; identifying a tombolo connecting two landforms; how a needle-like peninsula formed from erosion; how river deltas and vegetation might change in varying water conditions; defining an estuary and identifying one in an image; and describing how a reef and marine terraces formed. 3. The student provides explanations to each question, citing processes like erosion, sediment deposition, tidal activity, and volcanic activity that shaped the different landforms visible

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    EARTH SCIENCE

    Name:Sharmet Thomas
    Class: Earth Science

    Oceans


    1. What are the height, length and depth of the wave below?
    Scale:
    1 = 20

    Length-5.5 inches: 110 Ft
    Height-.6 inches: 12 Ft
    Depth-.5 inches: 10 ft





    2. Describe where the tombolo is located.
    The tombolo is the part below that connects the two landforms. It is
    a bar that extends from one landform, connecting it to an island or
    other landform. Please see the arrow below.



    3. How did the needle like peninsula on the north side of this island
    form? http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=5754
    The turbulent rivers and wind has eroded the land. The sediments
    are swept northward in times of flooding and are deposited at the tip
    of the South Island.



    4. Look at the distribution of riparian vegetation and the shape of the
    delta island in this image:
    http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=4610&eocn=im
    age&eoci=related_image
    How will these features change if the regions drought worsens? How
    will they look if more water is allowed to flow into the system?
    If the drought continues, the delta will continue to erode as the rivers
    dry up. If more water were allowed to flow into the system, the
    habitats would be revived, preventing further erosion and allowing
    for rivers and streams to continue to exist.

    5. Observe the river in this image of Madagascar
    http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=4388
    What is an estuary? An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of
    brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and
    with a free connection to the open sea.
    Where is the estuary in this image?
    The estuary in this image is copper portion in the middle of the
    photo.
    Describe the shape of the river channel as it approaches the coast.
    The shape of the river channel as it approaches the coast is vein
    like or stringy.
    What makes the river red? Sediment carried by flooding


    6. Describe how the reef formed in this image:
    http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=7397
    The reef was formed by volcanic activity.



    7. Describe how the marine terraces in this image formed. Note that
    north is to the left in this image.
    http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=8252
    These were formed by wave and tidal activity of the ocean.

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