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1.1.2b - Coastal Processes Quiz

Authored by Joseph Gill

Geography

9th Grade

1.1.2b - Coastal Processes Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is abrasion in the context of coastal processes?

Dissolving of minerals in the cliff

Water forced into cracks in the cliff

Rocks smashing into cliffs, knocking bits off

Roots of plants dislodging rocks

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What process involves water getting into cracks in the cliff and freezing at night?

Biological weathering

Hydraulic action

Solution

Freeze-thaw

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the zigzag movement of swash and backwash along a beach called?

Hydraulic action

Longshore drift

Rockfall

Landslide

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the movement of a mass of rocks off a cliff?

Landslide

Rockfall

Abrasion

Attrition

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What forms when the deposition of sediment is high and builds out beyond a headland?

Wave-cut notch

Rock pool

Spit

Cliff retreat

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a wave-cut platform?

A mass of rocks falling off a cliff

A platform left behind as a cliff retreats

A zigzag movement of water

A type of biological weathering

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What process involves the roots of plants dislodging rocks in the cliff?

Hydraulic action

Biological weathering

Freeze-thaw

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