Coastal Processes Quiz

What is the process called that describes the movement of sediment along the coast?

• Erosion

• Longshore drift

• Deposition

• Weathering

What type of waves are shown in Photo A?

• Destructive waves

• Constructive waves

• Tsunami waves

• Tidal waves

In destructive waves, what is stronger, the swash or the backwash?

• Swash

• Backwash

• Both are equal

• Neither

What is the process called when fine, light material is carried along by the river?

• Traction

• Solution

• Suspension

• Erosion

Which process involves minerals being dissolved in the water, resulting in a chemical change?

• Traction

• Solution

• Suspension

• Deposition

What is the term for large boulders and rocks being rolled along the river bed?

• Suspension

• Solution

• Traction

• Erosion

What is the natural movement of sediment along the coastline called?

• Backwash

• Groynes

• Longshore Drift

• Transported

What type of wind blows the waves onto the shore at an angle?

• Backwash

• Prevailing

• Groynes

• Transported

What is carried onto the beach by the swash?

• Groynes

• Backwash

• Sediment

• Transported

What is a way of protecting coasts from longshore drift?

• Backwash

• Groynes

• Sediment

• Transported