Formative Assessment #1 Unit 1 Module 2 This image shows the upper part of the B

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Formative Assessment #1 Unit 1 Module 2 This image shows the upper part of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick Canada (image source M. Kulp). This image is from near Oban Stewart Island, New Zealand image source Wikipedia). 1.3a) What similarities do you notice for each of the coastlines shown? 1.3b) Why is there water sitting on the mudflats in each of the images? 1.3c) Why is there a channel that curves across the mudflat in the Bay of Fundy image? 1.3d) During what conditions could waves hit the base of the hilly topography shown in the New Zealand image?

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1- Both the images are of coast lines with mud flats/tidal flats in both the images might have formed due to tidal action .

2-there is water on the mud flats due to 2 high tides in a day hence cause water lodge in the area .

3-the channel in the first image might have been formed due to the incission of small gullies causing a channel across the flat .

4-During high tides the water must have reached the foothill of the mountain hence the waves might reach the foot during the high tides .

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