Landforms and landscapes: Marine processes and waves

Landforms and landscapes: Marine processes and waves

12th Grade

35 Qs

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Landforms and landscapes: Marine processes and waves

Landforms and landscapes: Marine processes and waves

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Geography

12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the uninterrupted distance across water over which a wind blows, and therefore the distance waves have to grow?

Fetch

Swash

Tide

Current

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for the flow of water up a beach as a wave breaks?

Swash

Backwash

Fetch

Tide

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for when water runs back down the beach to meet the next incoming wave?

Backwash

Swash

Tide

Breaker

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects wave size?

A) Strength of the wind

B) Duration the wind blows

C) Water temperature

D) Wave fetch

5.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Constructive waves have a (a)   wave height and a (b)   wave length.

high

low

short

long

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Destructive waves have a wave height of over 1 m and a wave length of around 20 m.

True

False

7.

MATCH QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Match the following terms to their correct definitions:

When water runs back down the beach to meet the next incoming wave.

Fetch

The flow of water up a beach as a wave breaks.

Swash

The uninterrupted distance across water over which a wind blows.

Backwash

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