Coasts

When do constructive waves deposit sediment?

• During their weak backwash

• During their strong swash

• During their weak swash

• During their strong backwash

_________ waves create offshore bars.

What type of dip is most vulnerable to landslides?

• Seaward high

• Seaward low

• Horizontal

• Landward

Name one of the pioneer species in a halosere succession.

Which of these are not an example of a transfer in a sediment cell?

• Swash

• Backwash

• River transportation

• Wind (aeolian)

Which rock type can be formed intrusively and extrusively?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

What is the name of the process that sediment undergoes to create sedimentary rock?

A secondary coast is a coast where...

• Sea levels are rising

• Marine processes dominate

• Land processes dominate

• Tides are always mesotidal

Define 'holocene'

What rock type makes up the headlands around Bantry Bay?

• Old Devonian red sandstone

• Carboniferous limestone

• Wealden clay

• Portland limestone