WorksheetsTBSHS GCSE Geography: Coasts Quiz 3
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Differential erosion of more and less resistant rocks best explains the formation of which erosional landforms?
Beaches and spits
Spits and bars
Headlands and bays
Arches and stacks
Headlands and bays are most likely to be formed along which type of coast?
Discordant coasts
Coasts with impermeable rock
Concordant coasts
Coast with permeable rock
A gently sloping rocky area at the bottom of a retreating cliff:
Wave cut notch
Beach
Headland
Wave cut platform
The area at the bottom of a cliff that destructive waves attack:
Above the high water mark.
Between the high and low water marks.
Below the low water mark.
The overhanging rock.
The correct sequence of headland evolution:
Cave, joint, arch, stack, stump
Joint, cave, arch, stump, stack
Stack, arch, stump, joint, cave
Joint, cave, arch, stack, stump
Limestone and chalk are particularly susceptible to which types of marine erosion?
Freeze-thaw weathering
Solution
Longshore drift
Hydraulic action
"The wearing away and removal of material by a moving force, such as a breaking wave" is which process?
Deposition
Erosion
Transportation
Weathering
"The movement of eroded material" is which process?
Erosion
Deposition
Transportation
Weathering
"Material being transported by the sea is dropped due to the sea losing energy" is which process?
Erosion
Deposition
Transportation
Weathering
Which type of erosional process is this? - "The force of the water against the cliff can cause air to be trapped in cracks and crevices. The pressure weakens the cliff and gradually wears it away."
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution
Hydraulic action
Which type of erosional process is this?
"When rocks and boulders transported by waves bump into each other and break up into smaller pieces."
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution
Hydraulic action
Which type of erosional process is this?
"The wearing away of cliffs by sediment flung by breaking waves."
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution
Hydraulic action
Which type of erosional process is this?
"Soluble particles are dissolved into the sea water".
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution
Hydraulic action
A pinnacle of rock separated from the mainland is...
A stump
A stack
A natural arch
A headland
Landforms of coastal erosion often covered by the sea at high tide:
Stump
Stack
Wave cut platform
Natural arch
Choose which TWO statements are a characteristic of sedimentary rock
Rocks formed in layers
Rocks formed from other rocks
May contain fossils of plants and animals
Crystals are formed in layers
Identify one example of a sedimentary rock
Schist
Slate
Basalt
Chalk
Identify ONE example of a metamorphic rock
Sandstone
Granite
Slate
Basalt
Choose which TWO statements are a characteristic of metamorphic rock
Rocks formed because of heat/pressure
Made of grains that cemented together
Lava cools and solidifies
Rocks formed from other rocks
Identify ONE example of an igneous rock
Chalk
Granite
Sandstone
Schist
Choose which TWO statements are a characteristic of igneous rock
Permeable
Formed from volcanic activity
More resistant to erosion and weathering
Rocks formed from other rocks
