{"id":2308,"date":"2016-06-07T21:31:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T21:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geologyxwaymakerxmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2308"},"modified":"2025-10-13T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:12:00","slug":"outcome-oceans-and-shorelines","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/chapter\/outcome-oceans-and-shorelines\/","title":{"raw":"Outcome: Oceans and Shorelines","rendered":"Outcome: Oceans and Shorelines"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Recognize features associated with oceans and shorelines.<\/h2>\r\nAbout 70% of Earth\u2019s surface is covered by water, and the coast, which forms the interface between land and water, is the sight of a particular array of geomorphic processes and a range of landforms. For example, waves and tides involve movement and dissipation of large amounts of energy capable of causing rapid and spectacular changes in landforms along coasts.\r\n<h2>What You\u2019ll Learn to Do<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identify types of ocean movement, including waves, tides, and currents.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify features associated with shorelines.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify different types of costal hazards.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Discuss human impact on costal processes.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Learning Activities<\/h3>\r\nThe learning activities for this section include the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Reading:\u00a0Ocean Movement<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Reading: Shorelines<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Reading:\u00a0Costal Hazards<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Reading:\u00a0Human Modifications of Coastal Processes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Self Check: Oceans and Shorelines<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h2>Recognize features associated with oceans and shorelines.<\/h2>\n<p>About 70% of Earth\u2019s surface is covered by water, and the coast, which forms the interface between land and water, is the sight of a particular array of geomorphic processes and a range of landforms. For example, waves and tides involve movement and dissipation of large amounts of energy capable of causing rapid and spectacular changes in landforms along coasts.<\/p>\n<h2>What You\u2019ll Learn to Do<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify types of ocean movement, including waves, tides, and currents.<\/li>\n<li>Identify features associated with shorelines.<\/li>\n<li>Identify different types of costal hazards.<\/li>\n<li>Discuss human impact on costal processes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Learning Activities<\/h3>\n<p>The learning activities for this section include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reading:\u00a0Ocean Movement<\/li>\n<li>Reading: Shorelines<\/li>\n<li>Reading:\u00a0Costal Hazards<\/li>\n<li>Reading:\u00a0Human Modifications of Coastal Processes<\/li>\n<li>Self Check: Oceans and Shorelines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-2308\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li><strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Kimberly Schulte and Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">Public domain content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Coastal Processes. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: National Park Service. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.nps.gov\/views\/KCs\/CoastalG\/HTML\/ET_Processes.htm\">http:\/\/www.nature.nps.gov\/views\/KCs\/CoastalG\/HTML\/ET_Processes.htm<\/a>. <strong>Project<\/strong>: Views of the National Park. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/pdm\">Public Domain: No Known Copyright<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":22,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"\",\"author\":\"Kimberly Schulte and Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"pd\",\"description\":\"Coastal Processes\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"National Park Service\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.nature.nps.gov\/views\/KCs\/CoastalG\/HTML\/ET_Processes.htm\",\"project\":\"Views of the National Park\",\"license\":\"pd\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"7f6b5397-5294-45ef-9232-8850a2e35dd5","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-2308","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":31,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2308\/revisions\/2395"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/31"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2308\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/geo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=2308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}