WorksheetsCoasts
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this landform?
a)
Spit
b)
Sand dune
c)
Stack
d)
Stump
2.
Which is a landform of coastal erosion?
a)
Stack
b)
Spit
c)
Sand Dune
d)
Bar
3.
What is the name for the coastline which has alternating bands of hard and soft rock in the same direction as the coastline?
a)
Discordant
b)
Concordant
4.
What is the first stage in a stack formation?
a)
Arch is formed
b)
Cave is formed
c)
Line of weakness in rock
d)
Stump is formed
5.
I am the type of erosion where sediment scrapes against the headland. What am I?
a)
Attrition
b)
Hydraulic action
c)
Solution
d)
Abrasion
6.
I happen when the waves don't have enough energy to carry sediment
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Swash
d)
Backwash
7.
I transport material along a beach. What am I.
a)
Longshore Drift
b)
Longshape Drift
c)
Longnose Drift
d)
Longway drift
8.
I am the forward motion of waves
a)
Backwash
b)
Swash
9.
What ecosystem forms behind a spit?
a)
Sand Dune
b)
Salt Marsh
c)
Coral Reef
d)
Mangrove
10.
What is not a condition for sand dunes to form?
a)
Sediment Supply
b)
Strong wind
c)
An obstacle
d)
No tide
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