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What is called a barrier built at a right angle to the beach for the purpose of trapping sand that is moving parallel to the shore?
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The bending of a wave around a barrier is called?
It is called diffraction.
A barrier that breaks the force of incoming waves is called?
A barrier that breaks the force of incoming waves is called a breakwater. It is also called a sea wall. Some piers and wharves are also devices that break the force of incoming waves.BREAKWATER is the barrier that breaks the force of incoming waves.
Is the trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere is called nuclear fusion true or false?
False. It is called the greenhouse effect.
The bouncing back or change in direction of a wave after it hits a barrier?
"reflection"
Why is a barrier island a poor location for a house?
A barrier island is a poor place for a house simply because there is nothing else between it and the power of the ocean. This includes wind, waves, and flooding. A barrier island is called a "barrier island" simply because it acts as a barrier to the mainland behind it, as in the case of Assoteague being a barrier to Chincoteague in Virginia and the Outer Banks islands in North Carolina protecting the natural coastline.
What is an offshore deposit of sand situated parallel to the coast called?
a barrier island
What is ad-hoc parallel data processing?
The ad-hoc parallel data processing is data are formed,arranged or done dynamic or parallel processing for a particular purpose only is called in a ad-hoc parallel data processing.
What is a demountable barrier called?
demountable barrier
Line perpendicular to a barrier is called?
The line perpendicular to a barrier is called the normal.
What is the trapping of heat by an atmosphere called?
global warming
How Himalaya act as a barrier?
Why himalayas are called barrier of India
What is the trapping of the heat of venus' atmosphere called?
The "greenhouse effect."
What is the trapping of longwave radiation in the atmosphere called?
Greenhouse Effect.
What is the green pigment used for trapping energy in plants called?
It's called chlorophyll.
One island is called little and the other one's called great?
The Barrier Islands are part of New Zealand, to the northeast of Auckland. The islands are called Little Barrier Island and Great Barrier Island.
The light trapping molecule found in plants is called?
Chlorophyll.
What is the Netherlands flood barrier called?
Its called the Oosterscheldekering :]
