Coastal Classification

1. Physical and geological characteristics such as rocks and reefs are used to classify the Earth's dynamic coastlines. 2. Arcadia National Park, Maine: Primary coast, fjord coast Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Diastrophic/sedimentary salt domes Chesapeake Bay, Virginia: Primary drought river valley Atlantic City, New Jersey: SEcondary coasts wave erosion Mississippi Delta, Mississippi: Subaerial deposition, deltaic coasts Kilauea Coast, Hawaii: Volcanic coasts all San Francisco Bay, California: secondary, fault-line coasts Analysis This project showed a lot of different ways of telling what classifications many coasts lay on. We were able to research the location of a coastline, and find out what the causes of its classification are. Whether the coastline was caused by natural or man-made alterations, all have an effect on what classification that specific coastline falls under. I was able to learn how to tell the difference between different coastal classifications while doing this project.

Sand Reflection

The sand lab that we did in oceanography this week was very fun and also very informative. I learned a lot while doing this lab.It was fun to be able to look through the microscope and study each different sand sample. I liked looking at the different sand samples from different places in the world. There was an obvious difference in each sample of sand from different places and it was a fun challenge to try and match each sample to its correct location.