Longshore drift quiz

a long broad sandy island lying parallel to a shore that is built up by the action of waves, currents, and winds and that protects the shore from the effects of the ocean.

• baymouth bar

• barrier islands

• spit

• lagoon

a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water.

• inlet

• barrier island

• lagoon

• spit

A projection of a beach into a body of water.

• lagoon

• inlet

• spit

• barrier island

When the spit continues it forms into:

• lagoon

• baymouth bar

• barrier isalnd

• outlet

Headlands and bays are created by differential _______

• deposition

• erosion

• wedging

• waves

Headlands erode quicker than embayments because

• they are made of chalk

• they are made of clay

• they are made of igneous

• they are made of limestone

Embayments are made of ______ so they are _____ to break down.

• sandstone; harder

• limestone; harder

• chalk; easier

• clay; easier

Coastal landforms are formed as a result of erosion and deposition of: (select all)

• refraction of waves

• wind

• sediment supply

• force of waves

wave _______ continually cuts away at a rocky coast, so that the cliff gradually migrates inland.

• wedging

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

 occurs as salt spray coats the cliff face above the waves and infiltrates pores in the rock, then dries out so that crystals grow. 

• salt wedging

• ice wedging

• wave refraction

• wind deposition