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GCSE - Coasts B

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What bests describes a discordant coastline?
a)
Soft Rock
b)
Same geology
c)
Hard Rock
d)
Different geology
2.
What best describe abrasion?
a)
Sediment grinds against the cliff
b)
Sediment is thrown at the cliff
c)
Waves smash into the cliff compression air which weakens the cliff
3.
What is this landform?
a)
Arch
b)
Cave
c)
Headland
d)
Wave-cut Platform
4.
What is this landform?
a)
Arch
b)
Cave
c)
Headland
d)
Wave-cut Platform
5.
What is this landform?
a)
Arch
b)
Cave
c)
Headland
d)
Wave-cut Platform
6.
What is this landform?
a)
Spit
b)
Bar
c)
Tombolo
7.
What is this landform?
a)
Spit
b)
Bar
c)
Tombolo
8.
What is this landform?
a)
Spit
b)
Bar
c)
Tombolo
9.
What is this landform?
a)
Arch
b)
Cave
c)
Headland
d)
Wave-cut Platform
10.
Hard rock erodes much more quickly than soft rock.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Destructive waves have...
a)
A strong backwash
b)
A strong swash
c)
A strange name
12.
An example of mass movement is...
a)
slumping
b)
a digger
c)
groynes
d)
sea walls
13.
Which of the words below relate to weathering?
a)
Chemical, Biological, Physical
b)
Chemical, Phenological, Physical
c)
Abrasion, Attrition, Solution
d)
Physical, Human, Political, Environmental
14.
What process describes the image?
a)
Drifting Onshore
b)
Onshore Drift
c)
Longshore Drift
d)
Longdrift Shore
15.
What bests describes a concordant coastline?
a)
Soft Rock
b)
Same geology
c)
Hard Rock
d)
Different geology
16.
What best describe attrition?
a)
Sediment grinds against the cliff
b)
Sediment is thrown at the cliff
c)
Waves smash into the cliff compression air which weakens the cliff
17.
What best describe hydraulic action?
a)
Sediment grinds against the cliff
b)
Sediment is thrown at the cliff
c)
Waves smash into the cliff compression air which weakens the cliff