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What causes winds?

What is the direction of longshore current in this diagram? 

How will warming the air affect its humidity?

Why is Western Washington at a greater risk for wildfires now then in the past?

1.What effect will the two groins on this beach have on Area A?  Area B? (2pts) 2. Name two natural landforms related to coastal erosion or deposition. (2pts) 3.Name two ways humans create/accelerate coastal erosion. (2pts) 4. Besides a groin, name 2 ways humans attempt to alter coastal deposition and erosion(2pts) 5. Why do none of the above human induced techniques work? (1pt) 6. Why will coastal erosion disasters continue to rise in the future? (1pt)

What geologic event is indicated by this emergent coast along an active margin, showing exposed ancient beaches?   

A coastal body of water connected to the ocean and supplied with fresh water from a river is a(n) __________ .

Where would you find the fastest weathering rates?

The Oso Mass wasting event was incorrectly termed a Debris slide, instead, it should have been called a: 

 _________ are low-pressure air zones enclosed by somewhat circular isobars.