Coasts: Erosion, Deposition and Transportation

The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Decomposition

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition
• Landslide
• Weathering
• Erosion

What causes the greatest erosion effect on our beaches?

• Waves
• Gravity
• Glaciers
• Wind

With a ................................... wave, the swash is stronger than the backwash.

• destructive

• constructive

• swash

• backwash

The movement of water up the beach after the breaking of a wave is...

• Swash
• Backwash

The movement of material along a coast by waves that approach at an angle to the shore but recede straight down the beach is called...

• Longshore drift
• Swash
• Backwash
• Recession

The type of erosion that occurs when pebbles bang together

• Abrasion
• Attrition
• Hydraulic action
• Solution

Which feature cannot be seen in this image?

• Stump
• Arch
• Cliff
• Cave

What coastal defence can be seen in this image?

• Groyne
• Sea wall
• Gabions
• Revetments

This is

• Longshore Drift
• Nearshore currents
• Attrition
• Undertow