1A Geography Quiz - The Sea

Waves pick up stones and throw them against the coast. These stones abrade the coast.

• Solution

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Compressed Air

When the load is transported up the shore by the force of the incoming waves.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Swash

• Transportation

When the load is transported back down the shore when it is pulled by the retreating waves.

• Swash

• Backwash

Certain rocks, such as limestone, are dissolved by water.

• Attrition

• Solution

• Compressed Air

• Abrasion

Stones carried by the waves hit off each other. Over time they are worn down and smoothed.

• Fetch

• Attrition

• Hydraulic action

• Solution

A gently sloping area of sand, shingle or stones that is found between high and low tide levels. It is formed by the swash and backwash movements of the waves.

• Sand Dunes

• Beach

• Sand Spit

• Sand Bar

The process by which the load is transported along the shore.

• Swash

• Backwash

• Longshore drift

• Erosion

Mounds of sand that build up on the shore beyond the high-tide mark at the back of the beach.

• Beach

• Sand spit

• Sand Dunes

• Sand Bar

The power of water as it crashes against the coast.

• Solution

• Attrition

• Hydraulic Action

• Deposition

Built to break the power of the incoming waves. They are curved at the top to push the waves back to sea.

• Groynes

• Sea Wall

• Boulders

• Tombolo