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COASTS AND SHORES

1 The terms "coast" and "shore" are often used interchangeably, but there are actually differences between them. One difference is that "coast" applies only to oceans, but "shore" can apply to other bodies of water as well. A shore is the zone at the edge of an ocean, lake, or river that is subject to the regular action of tides, waves, and currents. The shore is the area between the high-water mark and the low-water mark, and thus every part of it is sometimes underwater. The shifting line where the shore meets the water is called the shoreline. An ocean shore extends seaward to the edge of the continental shelf--the submerged edge of the continental block--or to the beginning of the continental slope, which extends down into deep water.
2 A coast is the land just inland from the shore, beyond the usual reach of high water. On the shore side, the boundary of the coast--the coastline--may be either a cli

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COASTS AND SHORES

1 The terms "coast" and "shore" are often used interchangeably, but there are actually differences between them. One difference is that "coast" applies only to oceans, but "shore" can apply to other bodies of water as well. A shore is the zone at the edge of an ocean, lake, or river that is subject to the regular action of tides, waves, and currents. The shore is the area between the high-water mark and the low-water mark, and thus every part of it is sometimes underwater. The shifting line where the shore meets the water is called the shoreline. An ocean shore extends seaward to the edge of the continental shelf--the submerged edge of the continental block--or to the beginning of the continental slope, which extends down into deep water.
2 A coast is the land just inland from the shore, beyond the usual reach of high water. On the shore side, the boundary of the coast--the coastline--may be either a cliff face o
A. To show how each term has changed over time
B. To describe how a coast can change into a shore
C. To clarify the distinctions between the two terms
D. To explain why more people use the term "coast/

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In the 1960s the West Coast became an important center for rock music. Los Angeles and Southern California are famous for sunshine and surfing. There, a quieter kind of rock called surf rock became famous. The Beach Boys sang songs like "Surfin’ U. S. A.", "California Girls" and "Fun, Fun, Fun". These songs made people dream about the good life in California.
San Francisco was a center for young people and rock music in the late 1960s. This was the time of the Vietnam War, student protest, hippies, and drugs. Hippies talked about love and peace. They wore brightly colored clothes and had long hair. They listened to rock and folk-rock music.
Drugs were a serious problem during that time. The deaths of three young rock stars, Janis Jopling, Jim Morrison and the great guitar player Jim Hendrix were all related to drugs.
Not all of the rock musicians came from California or the U. S. A.. That was the time of the great Britis
A. The West.
B. New York.
C. The South.
D. San Francisco.