WorksheetsBeach, Coastal Deposition
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the profile of a beach?
a)
Stepped
b)
Convex
c)
Even
d)
Concave
2.
What type of wave forms a beach?
a)
Destructive wave
b)
Constructive wave
3.
The swash of a constructive wave is ............ than the backwash.
a)
Weaker
b)
Equal
c)
Stronger
4.
Name the two parts that the profile of a beach is split into
a)
Storm beach
b)
Backshore
c)
Cusp
d)
Foreshore
5.
What is a cusp?
a)
A circular hollow
b)
A crescent shaped hollow
c)
A hole in the sand
6.
What is a berm?
a)
A step at the back of a beach
b)
A hollow at the back of the beach
c)
A step at the front of the beach
7.
Which of the following features would you find on a beach?
a)
Sand dunes
b)
Berms
c)
Cusps
d)
Runnels
8.
What vegetation grows on sand dunes?
a)
Grass
b)
Marram grass
c)
Ferns
d)
Furze bush
9.
Which of the following beaches are also sandspits?
a)
Banna Beach
b)
Inch Beach
c)
Stradbally Beach
d)
Rossbeigh Beach
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