WorksheetsThe Sea
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
What is deposition?
When waves lose energy and drop sediment along the coast.
The wearing away of land by water or wind.
The movement of sediment along the beach.
The distance that the wind has traveled over water.
What is attrition?
Sediment grinds against the cliff like sandpaper
Chemicals in the sea water dissolve rock on the cliff face
Waves smash into the cliff forcing air into cracks
Rocks smash into each other becoming smaller and more rounded
A large fetch creates big waves because...
the wind has traveled a long distance
the wind is falling from a great height
the wind has less energy
the wind has traveled over the land
Rock armour prevents erosion by: (There are 2 correct answers so please tick 2 options)
absorbing the energy of the waves
deflecting the energy of the waves
dissolving the energy of the waves
eroding the energy of the waves
This castle is situated on hard rock sticking out to sea. This is called:
a headland
a bay
a wave-cut platform
a spit
How do groynes prevent erosion?
They deflect the energy of the waves
They provide platforms for fishing
They trap sediment and build up the beach
They increase longshore drift
Which are depositional landforms? (There are 2 correct answers so please tick 2 options)
Spits
Wave-cut platforms
Beaches
Caves
Which processes lead to the formation of a spit.
Erosion and deposition
Weathering and erosion
Weathering and transportation
Transportation and deposition
What is erosion?
When waves lose energy and drop sediment along the coast.
The wearing away of land by water or wind.
The movement of sediment along the beach.
The distance that the wind has traveled over water.
When cliffs slump downwards this is called:
mass movement
landslides
rock falls
wave cut platforms
In Ireland the prevailing winds are
North Westerly
South Westerly
Easterlies
North Easterlies
