Coast Revision

Coast is an ____ where land meets sea.

At which part of the diagram would waves be moving at fast speed?

• Offshore

• Nearshore

• Foreshore

• Backshore

Answer explanation

Offshore is the open sea. Waves is fastest here.

At which part of the diagram would waves slow down

• Offshore

• Nearshore

• Foreshore

• Backshore

Answer explanation

At Nearshore, there is friction causing waves to slow down.

What is the movement of waves which carries sediments from sea to shore known as ?

• Swash

• Backwash

What is the movement of waves which carries sediments from shore to sea known as ?

• Swash

• Backwash

What image is this?

• Swash

• Backwash

What image is this?

• Swash

• Backwash

What is a wave with a strong backwash but a weaker swash called?

• Constructive Waves

• Destructive Waves

Which of the following statements is true about constructive waves?

• The waves erode beaches.

• The waves deposit sediments.

This coast jutting out to sea is a _____.

• headland

• bay