IGCSE Coastal Environments Quiz

What is a coast?

• The place inland from the shore

• The area of the sea close to land

• The transition zone between land and sea

Identify the factor(s) that affect the coast

• Land

• Sea

• Weather & climate

• Human activity

What is swash?

• the movement of water down the beach due to the influence of gravity

• the movement of water up the beach in the direction of the prevailing wind

• the movement of water along the beach

What is backwash?

• the movement of water down the beach through the influence of gravity

• the movement of water up the beach at the angle of the prevailing wind

• the movement of water along the beach

Define a constructive wave

Define a destructive wave

Hydraulic action is...

• the dissolving of rocks by the sea water

• when waves picking up stones and hurling them at cliffs leading to the wearing away of the cliff

• the rocks and pebbles becoming smaller and rounder as they are carried by the waves

• results from the force of waves hitting the cliffs and forcing pockets of air into cracks and crevices

Solution (corrosion) is...

• the dissolving of rocks by the sea water

• when waves picking up stones and hurling them at cliffs leading to the wearing away of the cliff

• the rocks and pebbles becoming smaller and rounder as they are carried by the waves

• results from the force of waves hitting the cliffs and forcing pockets of air into cracks and crevices

Explain the process of longshore drift

What type of landform are bays & headlands?

• Depositional landforms

• Erosional landforms

• Coastal ecosystems