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IGCSE coasts - physical

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify this landform

a)

Stack

b)

Wave-cut pillar

c)

Blow-hole

d)

Raised pinnacle

2.

Identify this landform

a)

Spit

b)

Bar

c)

Tombolo

d)

Barrier beach

3.

Identify this landform

a)

Ria

b)

Fjord

c)

Rio

d)

Fiord

4.

Identify this landform

a)

Ria

b)

Fjord

c)

Rio

d)

Fiyord

5.

Identify this landform

a)

Raised beach

b)

Tombolo

c)

Ria

d)

Barrier beach

6.

Which of these are examples of mass movement?

a)

Rockfall

b)

Slump

c)

Sheetwash

d)

Topple

e)

Mudflow

7.
Which of these weathering processes is least likely to occur on a British coast?
a)
Salt weathering
b)
Hydrolysis
c)
Carbonation
d)
Biomechanical weathering
e)
Freeze-thaw
8.
The maximum distance a wave can have travelled from is called the….
a)
Fetch
b)
Drift
c)
Draft
d)
Swell
9.
Which of these is a landform of erosion?
a)
Bar
b)
Spit
c)
Bay
d)
Salt-marsh
10.
What is the dominant rock type at sea-level at Flamborough Head?
a)
Chalk
b)
Chert
c)
Boulder Clay
d)
Granite
11.
What is the dominant rock type at sea-level at Mappleton?
a)
Chalk
b)
Chert
c)
Boulder Clay
d)
Granite
12.

Which of these defences have been used on the Holderness coast?

a)

Gabions

b)

Revetments

c)

Groynes

d)

Seawalls

13.

Identify this type of sea defence

a)

Gabion

b)

Revetment

c)

Groyne

d)

Seawall

14.

Identify this type of sea defence

a)

Gabion

b)

Revetment

c)

Groyne

d)

Seawall

15.

Identify this type of sea defence

a)

Gabion

b)

Revetment

c)

Groyne

d)

Seawall

16.

Identify this type of sea defence

a)

Gabion

b)

Revetment

c)

Groyne

d)

Seawall

17.
When pebbles on a beach smash together and round erode each other smaller and rounder, this is called….
a)
Abrasion
b)
Corrosion
c)
Attrition
d)
Hydraulic action
18.
When sediment carried by the sea is thrown against the cliffline and erodes it, this is called…..
a)
Abrasion
b)
Corrosion
c)
Attrition
d)
Hydraulic action
19.
When the seawater reacts chemically with the cliffs and they are thus eroded, this is called…..
a)
Abrasion
b)
Corrosion
c)
Attrition
d)
Hydraulic action
20.
When waves drive air into microscopic cracks in rocks and the compression begins to erode them apart, this is called…..
a)
Abrasion
b)
Corrosion
c)
Attrition
d)
Hydraulic action
21.
In Britain, the place with the highest energy wave on average is….
a)
Cornwall and the SW
b)
Holderness
c)
West Sussex
d)
North Wales
22.
When sea-level ACTUALLY changes, say by glaciers melting, this is called….
a)
Eustatic sea-level change
b)
Isostatic sea-level change
c)
Isotonic sea-level change
d)
Eugenic sea-level change
23.
When sea-level changes because the land moves up or down, this is called….
a)
Eustatic sea-level change
b)
Isostatic sea-level change
c)
Isotonic sea-level change
d)
Eugenic sea-level change
24.

Longshore drift is…..

a)

A transportation process

b)

The least exciting geographical concept of all time

c)

Overexamined

d)

Just the most crazy thing ever

25.
The movement of breaking wave energy UP a beach is called….
a)
Swash
b)
Swish
c)
Swatch
d)
Switch

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