Coastal Landforms Quiz

What is formed as a result of wave erosion at the area between high tide and low tide?

• Beach

• Sea cliff

• Tombolo

• Spit

What is left in front of a retreating sea cliff?

• Stack

• Sea arch

• Wave-cut platform

• Bar

What type of coastal feature is formed by the enlargement of cracks in coastal rocks?

• Tombolo

• Spit

• Beach

• Sea cave

What natural feature is created when a sea cave breaks through a headland?

• Stack

• Sea arch

• Bar

• Wave-cut platform

What happens to the roof of a sea arch as erosion continues?

• It creates a spit

• It forms a tombolo

• It collapses to form a stack

• It becomes a beach

What is the result of the build-up of sand and shingle between the lowest and highest water levels?

• Sea cliff

• Spit

• Beach

• Bar

What coastal feature is formed when longshore drift transports materials and deposition occurs?

• Wave-cut platform

• Stack

• Spit

• Tombolo

What is formed when a spit extends and blocks off a bay or river mouth?

• Beach

• Sea arch

• Bar

• Sea cave

What is a tombolo?

• A type of sea cliff

• A beach formed by wave deposition

• A spit that connects an island to the mainland

• A stack formed by erosion

Which condition is associated with the formation of erosional coastal landforms?

• Destructive waves

• Low energy of wave and wind speed

• Gentle offshore gradient

• Constructive waves