Wave Action Works to Straighten a Coast as Wave Energy

question 2

Multiple Choice

Wave action works to straighten a coast as wave energy focuses around headlands and tends to disperse energy in coves and bays in a process called

• A)longshore current.
• B)breakers.
• C)wave refraction.
• D)tidal bore.
• E)cell circulation

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Definitions:

Carbon Dioxide Fixation

The process by which inorganic carbon dioxide is converted into organic compounds by living organisms, principally during photosynthesis.

Calvin Cycle

A set of chemical reactions that take place in the chloroplasts of photosynthetic organisms to synthesize glucose from carbon dioxide and water, using ATP and NADPH produced in the light reactions.

Rubisco

An enzyme involved in the first major step of carbon fixation, a process by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is converted by plants to energy-rich molecules.

Photorespiration

The process that reduces the efficiency of photosynthesis in C3 plants during hot spells in summer; consumes oxygen and produces carbon dioxide through the degradation of Calvin cycle intermediates.