IGCSE COASTAL SAND DUNES

IGCSE COASTAL SAND DUNES

9th - 11th Grade

20 Qs

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IGCSE COASTAL SAND DUNES

IGCSE COASTAL SAND DUNES

Assessment

Quiz

Geography

9th - 11th Grade

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Limestone Queen

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

When waves drop sand on the beach, it is...

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What agent is responsible for creating sand dunes?
wind
water
ice
deposition

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which way do sand dunes move?
up & down
to the west
toward the sea
in the direction of the wind

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What is it called when sand moves by jumps and bounces?
sediment
erosion
saltation
slip face

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

When wind creates a sand dune, the sheltered side of the dune
has no incline
has the same incline as the windward side
is steeper than the windward side
has a more gently sloping angle than the windward side

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Threats to dunes include ______________.
Natural events like fire and animal paths
Unnatural events like overuse, off-road vehicles, pedestrians. 
Loss of vegetation 
All of these answers are correct

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The four main components of a beach profile in order from the closest to the beach inland are ___________.

Mature dunes, fore dunes, yellow dunes, grey dunes, embryo dunes.

foredunes, embryo, mature dunes, back dunes

embryo, fore dunes, grey dunes, mature dunes, yellow dunes.

embryo, fore dunes, yellow dunes, grey dunes, mature dunes.

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