Coastal Systems and Landscapes 3 A Level Geography AQA

What gently sloping coastal erosional feature forms as cliffs retreat?

• Wave cut platform

• Geo

• Blowhole

• Undercut ledge

Which of these is not a stack?

• Sail Rock in the Black Sea

• The Twelve Apostles in Victoria, Australia

• Old Harry's Rocks in Dorset, England

• Spurn Head in Yorkshire, England

What are the semi-circular-shaped depressions called, which form when waves break onto the beach and swash and backwash are strong? They usually occur at the junction of the shingle and sandy beaches.

• Berms

• Storm beaches

• Cusps

• Ripples

What is this feature?

• Tombolo

• Bar

• Spit

• Berm

What is this feature?

• Spit

• Geo

• Tombolo

• Bar

What is this feature?

• Dune slack

• Dune heath

• Mudflat

• Salt marsh

What is the name for an ecosystem that develops in a sandy environment?

• Psammosere

• Halosere

• Lithosere

• Hydrosere

What are the first dunes to develop known as?

• Baby dunes

• Infant dunes

• Embryo dunes

• Colonisation dunes

Which two of these coastal features are typical of coastlines of submergence?

• Relict cliff

• Rias

• Fjords

• Marine platform

Local changes in sea level resulting from the land rising or falling relative to the sea is what?

• Eustatic change

• Isostatic change