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WorksheetsCoastal erosion and transportation
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
Identify this coastal landform.
a)
Spit
b)
Tombolo
c)
Headland
d)
Sandbar
2.
Which of these is created by deposition?
a)
cave
b)
Sea stack
c)
bay
d)
beach
3.
Which of these is not created by deposition?
a)
cave
b)
spit
c)
dune
d)
beach
4.
Identify the landform.
a)
Sea arch
b)
Tombolo
c)
Sea Stack
d)
Stump
5.
Identify the landform type.
a)
Sea Stack
b)
Sea Stump
c)
Arch
d)
Bay
6.
Bays are created by:
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Weathering
d)
Transportation
7.
True or false? Sea Stacks are created by erosion and weathering.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What is the erosional process in which rocks are pushed by waves up against the headland, eroding the cliff face further?
a)
Hydraulic action.
b)
Abrasion.
c)
Attrition.
d)
Solution.
9.
What is swash?
a)
Water that runs back into the ocean.
b)
Water that falls forward and moves up the shore.
c)
Tug of war between the drag of the wind and pull of gravity.
d)
Swirling of water in an area.
10.
What is backwash?
a)
Water that runs back into the ocean.
b)
Water that falls forward and moves up the shore.
c)
Tug of war between the drag of the wind and pull of gravity.
d)
Swirling of water in an area.
11.
What is the main disadvantage of using groynes?
a)
They can starve other beaches of sediment
b)
Aesthetically displeasing
c)
Expensive
12.
Groynes are an effective technique because they stop the process of what occurring?
a)
Transportation
b)
Longshore drift
c)
Nearshore drift
d)
Deposition
13.
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
14.
The type of erosion that occurs when pebbles bang together
a)
Abrasion
b)
Attrition
c)
Hydraulic action
d)
Solution
15.
Which feature cannot be seen in this image?
a)
Stump
b)
Arch
c)
Cliff
d)
Cave
16.
What coastal defence can be seen in this image?
a)
Groyne
b)
Sea wall
c)
Gabions
d)
Revetments
17.
This is
a)
Longshore Drift
b)
Nearshore currents
c)
Attrition
d)
Undertow
18.
This is a
a)
Headland
b)
Stack
c)
Arch
d)
Bay
19.
This is a
a)
Headland
b)
Stack
c)
Arch
d)
Bay
20.
Hydraulic action is when air becomes trapped in joints and cracks on a cliff face and then a wave breaks, the trapped air is compressed which weakens the cliff and causes erosion.
a)
true
b)
false
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