Q: What kind of islands provide natural protection to shorelines?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Barrier islands provide natural protection to shorelines. Storm waves strike the barrier island before they reach the shore. People also build artificial barriers, called breakwaters . Breakwaters also protect the shoreline from incoming waves. You can see an example of a breakwater in Figure below . It runs parallel to the coast like a barrier island.

 Choices:

- patch islands

- locational islands

- edge islands

- barrier islands


A:
barrier islands