Coastal Systems and Landscapes 2 A Level Geography AQA

Sediment moves around the British coast in distinct areas known as what?

• Coastal boundaries

• Sediment cells

• Sediment areas

• Coastal loops

Which of these is not a process of marine erosion?

• Wave quarrrying

• Abrasion

• Wave steepness

• Hydraulic action

When rocks run parallel to the coastline they are called what?

• Discordant

• Concordant

Which type of marine transportation can move the largest stones?

• Saltation

• Suspension

• Traction

• Solution

Which of these factors does not lead to marine deposition?

• When sand and shingle accumulate faster than they are removed

• The waves are low energy

• There is an abundant supply of material

• The waves increase in speed following breaking

Oxidation is a type of chemical weathering. What is it?

• When oxygen in water reacts with minerals in rocks to create clays and dissolvable salts.

• When oxygen in water causes the rocks to expand, creating stress and disintegration.

• When oxygen in water reacts with some rock minerals forming oxides and hydroxides, causing them to disintegrate.

• When oxygen in water reacts with rainwater to create carbonic acid which dissolves carbonate rocks.

Which three of these are types of mass movement?

• Soil shift

• Landslide

• Rockfall

• Rotational slump

What is the type of weathering that can occur when temperatures fluctuate above and below freezing?

• Oxidation

• Freeze-thaw

• Hydration

• Hydrolysis

What is longshore drift also known as?

• Locational drift

• Zigzag drift

• Angular drift

• Littoral drift

Aeolian processes refer to what?

• Waves

• Wind

• Runoff

• Currents