Discussion Questions: Coastal Geological Materials

• What is meant by the term "sediment"? Give examples to explain the range in the grain size of sediments.
• Explain why there are many different colors of sand. Give specific examples.
• Explain how wind, waves, and currents effect the distribution of sediments on the coastlines.
• Compare two beaches, one sandy and one rocky. Analyze the major factors that would create these two different beaches.