Wind

What type of energy source is wind to a coastal system?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

When wind speeds are persistently high and uninterrupted, wave speeds are likely to be.......

• Lower than usual

• No different to usual

• Higher than usual

The prevailing wind to the UK comes from the....

• SE

• NW

• NE

• SW

What is a prevailing wind?

• The strongest wind that hits the coast

• The wind which has the most effect on the coast

• The wind which forms constructive waves

• The direction which the wind generally hits the coast from

What is wind? Movement of air from....

• High pressure to higher pressure

• High pressure to low pressure

• Low pressure to high pressure

• Just the random movement of air

What is the distance of water over which wind blows uninterrupted by major land masses?

• Frictional drag

• Magnitude

• Fetch

• Abrasion

What affects the energy acquired by waves?

• Wind strength

• Wind strength and fetch

• Wind strength, fetch and length of time the wind has been blowing

• Wind strength, fetch, length of time the wind has been blowing and size of the coast.

What is frictional drag?

• The transfer of energy from the wind blowing over the sea surface

• The edge of the sea rubbing against the cliff

• Frictional drag isn't real

• The transfer of energy from boats over the sea surface.

Is wind an agent of erosion?

• No

• Sometimes

• Yes

• Yes in red

What is the most common type of wind erosion?

• Attrition

• Abbrassion

• Adhesion

• Abrasion