Coastal Landscapes

What is the name given to the nearshore area where sunlight penetrates sediments?

• literal zone

• offshore zone

• beach

• cliff

Which of these is NOT a coastal erosion feature?

• weathering

• mass- movement

• mechanical

• concordant

TRUE or FALSE, discordant rocks run parallel to the coastline?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Constructive waves consist of _ energy coastlines.

(fill in the blank)

(a)  

Describe the process of hydraulic action.

What influences sea level change?

• eustatic change

• beach nourishment

• talus scree slopes

• rotational slumping

What is a type of hard engineering?

• sea wall

• sand

• groynes

• all of the above

Abrasion, attrition and corrosion are processes of what?

• lithology

• ocean currents

• pollution

• erosion

High energy coastlines have a _ wave type.

(fill in the blank)

(a)  

Give a location of a sheltered coastline.

• Spurn Point

• Nile Delta

• lagoon

• cave