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WorksheetsWind
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What type of energy source is wind to a coastal system?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
When wind speeds are persistently high and uninterrupted, wave speeds are likely to be.......
Lower than usual
No different to usual
Higher than usual
The prevailing wind to the UK comes from the....
SE
NW
NE
SW
What is a prevailing wind?
The strongest wind that hits the coast
The wind which has the most effect on the coast
The wind which forms constructive waves
The direction which the wind generally hits the coast from
What is wind? Movement of air from....
High pressure to higher pressure
High pressure to low pressure
Low pressure to high pressure
Just the random movement of air
What is the distance of water over which wind blows uninterrupted by major land masses?
Frictional drag
Magnitude
Fetch
Abrasion
What affects the energy acquired by waves?
Wind strength
Wind strength and fetch
Wind strength, fetch and length of time the wind has been blowing
Wind strength, fetch, length of time the wind has been blowing and size of the coast.
What is frictional drag?
The transfer of energy from the wind blowing over the sea surface
The edge of the sea rubbing against the cliff
Frictional drag isn't real
The transfer of energy from boats over the sea surface.
Is wind an agent of erosion?
No
Sometimes
Yes
Yes in red
What is the most common type of wind erosion?
Attrition
Abbrassion
Adhesion
Abrasion
What is abrasion
Where wind hits cliffs so hard that it wears it away
Where wind uses material it carries to wear away landscapes
Wind pulls rock away from cliff
its fake news
Who is Mrs Brannan's favourite Geographer?
Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson
