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Habitats: Beaches - Quick Quiz
1. Offshore bars help protect the beaches from ________ .
Jellyfish
 Erosion
 Volcanoes
 Wind
2. Primary coasts are created by what processes?
Erosion
 Tectonic activity
 Deposition
 All of the above
3. Beaches cannot support life.
True
 False
4. What is the wearing away of rock and soil?
Explosion
 Deposition
 Erosion
 Creation
5. Pollution hurts beaches.
True
 False
 

Answers(for non JavaScript enable browsers):

1. Erosion

2. All of the above

3. True. Beaches are full of life. The very grains of sand are host to diatoms, bacteria and other microscopic creatures.

4. Explosion

5. True. Oil spills are especially damaging, but everyday garbage is a problem too. Let's help keep our oceans clean!
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