Coasts Y5

What is the meaning of coast?

• Where the sea meets the ocean

• Where the land meets the land

• Where the sea meets the air

• Where the land meets the sea

Waves are caused by ______________ dragging on the surface of the water

• rain

• wind

• fish

The size of the waves depends on the... (choose 2)

• Tilting of the Earth

• Duration of wind blowing for

• Speed of the wind

The rise and fall of the sea gives you

• earthquakes

• tide

• tsunami

• gravity

Read the following situations:

A: Strong wind blowing for 24 hours

B: Light wind blowing for 12 hours

C: Strong wind blowing for 10 hours

Which wind will produce larger waves?

• A

• B

• C

Tides are caused by the gravitational pull from the __________

• sun

• Mars

• Venus

• Moon

Which of the following are the processes of erosion?

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Hydraulic action

• Traction

Which of the following landforms are created by deposition?

• Beaches

• Floodplains

• Stacks

• Cliffs

Before this landform was formed, it was once a...

• Beach

• Bay

• Cave

• Ship

Which of these are risks when living near coasts?

• Flooding

• Burglary

• Drought

• Landslides

• Land/Property Erosion