You Are Walking Along a Rugged Coastline in British Columbia,Canada

question 103

Multiple Choice

You are walking along a rugged coastline in British Columbia,Canada.As the tide goes out you realize there is a beautiful flat surface that is nearly as smooth as a highway and underlain by 1-2cm of gravel sitting on solid rock.The tide has exposed a ________.

• A)sea stack
• B)tombolo
• C)wave-cut platform
• D)spit

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Definitions:

Jean Piaget

A Swiss psychologist renowned for his pioneering work in child development, particularly his theory of cognitive development.

Theory

A coherent group of propositions formulated to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world and repeatedly confirmed through experiment or observation.

Accommodation

In cognitive development, the process by which individuals adjust their schemas to incorporate new information.

Assimilation

The process by which an individual or group becomes part of another culture, adopting its values and practices.