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

Question

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

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The flat surface that is nearly as smooth as a highway and underlain by 1-2cm of gravel sitting on solid rock is a classic example of a wave-cut platform. As the tide goes out, more of the platform is exposed. A spit is a long narrow accumulation of sand and gravel that is attached to land on one end and extends out into open water at the other end. A sea stack is a tall column of rock that is detached from the mainland and that has been sculpted by wave erosion. A tombolo is a long ridge of sand and gravel that connects an island to the mainland or to another island.

You Are Walking Along a Rugged Coastline in British Columbia