The sea pt 2

What is longshore drift?

• Where waves smash rocks and pebbles into each other, causing them to break
• Where material is moved sideways along the coast
• Where bits of rock and sand in waves grind down cliff surfaces

Wooden barriers built at right angles to the beach are called what?

• Rock armour / Rip rap
• Beach nourishment
• Groynes
• Sea walls

Select the landforms that have been created by erosion.

• Headlands

• Beaches

• Spits

• Wave cut platform

• Caves, arches, stacks and stumps

What method of coastal management does this image show?

• Groynes

• Boulder riprap

• Gabions

• Sea wall

What is the coastal land use in this image?

• Agriculture

• Sport

• Tourism

• Trade

Identify this coastal landform.

• Spit

• Tombolo

• Headland

• Sandbar

Which of these is created by deposition?

• cave

• Sea stack

• bay

• beach

Which of these is not created by deposition?

• cave

• spit

• dune

• beach

Identify the landform type.

• Sea Stack

• Sea Stump

• Arch

• Bay

True or false? Sea Stacks are created by erosion and weathering.

• True

• False