Y12 Coast Quiz

Which landform is not found on high-energy coastlines?

• Headlands

• Cliffs

• Wave-cut Platforms

• Spits

Which does not describe a low energy coastline?

• where the rate of deposition exceeds the rate of erosion

• found on stretches of the Atlantic-facing coast

• stretches of the coast where the waves are less powerful

• where the coast is sheltered from large waves

How does a Dalmatian coastline develop?

• An increase in sea level causes valleys to flood leaving islands parallel to the coastline

• A fall in sea level leaves coastal rivers dropping to the sea in a series of waterfalls

• Sea level rise re-activates cliff erosion at an increased vertical height

• When inland river basins are submerged as the sea level rises

Water that washes up the beach is known as...

• Backwash

• Swash

• Cresting Wave

• Upwash

A lagoon tends to form behind which type of coastal landform?

• A dune system

• A spit

• A bar

• A tombolo

What type of environment may develop behind a spit?

• A saltmarsh

• An estuary

• A quagmire

• A psammosere

Which of these is a coastal landform caused by deposition?

• Stump

• Estuary mudflat

• Runnel

• Berm

How are waves generated?

• By circular motions in wave particles?

• By the wind blowing over the surface of the sea

• By having a long fetch

• When the water particle circular motion slows due to shore friction

Which of these is not a form of mass movement?

• Landslide

• Mudflow

• Slumping

• Undercutting

Which of the following is not a section of the littoral zone?

• Backshore

• Farshore

• Nearshore

• Foreshore