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Coastal Deposition Landforms (iGCSE Geo)

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
I happen when the waves don't have enough energy to carry sediment
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Swash
d)
Backwash
2.
What is Deposition?
a)
When waves lose energy and leave sediments / sand along a coast.
b)
The wearing away of land, removal of beach rocks/sand by water or wind.
c)
An area of land that smells different to other places.
d)
An area that has a lot of wind.
3.
Waves are created by wind 
a)
True 
b)
False 
4.
The "fetch" is the strength of the wind 
a)
true 
b)
false 
5.
The movement of material along a coast by waves that approach at an angle to the shore but recede straight down the beach is called...
a)
Longshore drift
b)
Swash
c)
Backwash
d)
Recession
6.
This is
a)
Longshore Drift
b)
Nearshore currents
c)
Attrition
d)
Undertow
7.

Identify this coastal landform.

a)

Spit

b)

Tombolo

c)

Headland

d)

Sandbar

8.

Identify this coastal landform.

a)

Spit

b)

Tombolo

c)

Headland

d)

Sandbar

9.

Which of these is created by deposition?

a)

cave

b)

Sea stack

c)

bay

d)

beach

10.

Which of these is not created by deposition?

a)

cave

b)

spit

c)

dune

d)

beach

11.

Identify this coastal landform:

a wide gently-sloping surface found at the foot of a cliff.

a)

Spit

b)

cliff

c)

wave cut platform

d)

cave

12.

Identify the landform type.

a)

Sand Bar

b)

Tombolo

c)

Spit

d)

Peninsula

13.
Which is a landform of coastal erosion?
a)
Stack
b)
Spit
c)
Sand Dune
d)
Bar
14.

Beaches are

a)

places where sediment is stable and unchanging.

b)

permanent coastal features.

c)

places along the coast where sediment is reworked and deposited.

d)

always composed of sand.

15.
This beach is the result of
a)
Destructive waves
b)
Constructive waves
c)
Longshore drift
d)
Erosion
16.

Name the two parts that the profile of a beach is split into

a)

Storm beach

b)

Backshore

c)

Cusp

d)

Foreshore

17.

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

18.
I happen when the waves don't have enough energy to carry sediment
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Swash
d)
Backwash
19.

Which of the following is not an example of an erosional coastal landform?

a)

sea arch

b)

tombolo

c)

wave-cut platform

d)

notched cliff

20.

Letter F is better known as a ___.

a)

Barrier Island

b)

Beach

c)

Tombolo

d)

Spit

21.

Which letter is pointing to a spit?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

22.
What coastal defence can be seen in this image?
a)
Groyne
b)
Sea wall
c)
Gabions
d)
Revetments
23.

Identify this equipment.

a)

Protractor

b)

Clinometer

c)

Portractor

d)

Clingnometer

24.

Which is the largest sediment size?

a)

pebble

b)

sand

c)

fine sand

d)

clay

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