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How do waves change as they approach the shore

As waves approach the shore, interaction with the sea floor slows the waves down and the crests of the waves bunch up. They increase in height as the energy in each wave compresses into a shorter horizontal distance, but the period of the wave does not change. Eventually, the waves break.

Is a glacier a landform

no it is not a landform

How Hawaii is formed

By volcanic activity.

Where did the plateau live

The Plateau tribe lived in Idaho, eastern Oregon, Washington, western Montana, and parts of southern Canada.

What does the Thermohaline circulation belt do

transports salt in the ocean

What are the featues of a featued article

A featured article should be trending or headline news.

Are mushroom rocks formed by erosion or deposition

Erosion

Where is subduction most likely to occur

At a convergent boundary.

What situation involves shear

Frequent shallow earthquakes.

Which process is a form of mechanical weathering

Abrasion

What material are you most likely to find in the D horizon

Bedrock

What causes ocean water near the equator to be warmer than ocean water farther north

the sun's rays strike the water more directly near the equator.

What statement explains the observation that sediments on earth surface sometimes differ in composition from the underlying bedrock

Erosion moves sediment to new locations

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