Eroded material along coastlines is carried from high wave energy areas to:
A) active offshore bars.
B) low wave energy areas.
C) the backshore.
D) the foreshore.
E) the nearshore zone.

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Eroded material along coastlines is carried from high wave energy areas to low wave energy areas. This is due to the fact that waves lose energy as they approach shore, causing sediment to settle in lower energy areas. The other choices (active offshore bars, the backshore, the foreshore, and the nearshore zone) are all areas along the coast where eroded material may end up, but they do not answer the specific question about where material is carried to from high wave energy areas.

Eroded Material Along Coastlines Is Carried from High Wave Energy