question archive Match each of the following statements to the hazard it best describes
Match each of the following statements to the hazard it best describes
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Match each of the following statements to the hazard it best describes.
1.Hurricanes
2.Tsunamis
3.Coastal erosion
4.Sea level rise
- Classified using the Saffir-Simpson Scale considering wind speed and storm surge
- May cause local shoreline changes due to tectonic or isostatic forces that produce submergent coastlines
- Begins near the equator where water is above 80 degrees F
- Can travel across the ocean at speeds up to 800 km/hr
- Responsible for approximately $500 million of property losses in shoreline environments of the United States each year
- Also called typhoons or cyclones depending on the ocean basin where it forms
- A massive, complex series of rotating thunderstorms
- Has multiple causes including storms, flooding, strong waves, sea level rise and human action
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- 4wdown as the ocean recedes prior to its arrival may expose areas of the shoreline normally underwater
- A constant hazard that can be most devastating during storm events that move significant amounts of rock and sediment from the shoreline environment
- Massive ocean waves that form as a result of an earthquake on the ocean floor with vertical motion of a tectonic plate
- Occurs primarily between June and November in the Atlantic Ocean Basin
- Can cause contamination of aquifers and soils as well as habitat loss for coastal organisms
- May cause global shoreline issues as ice sheets melt and warming ocean water expands
