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TBSHS GCSE Geography: Coasts Quiz 3

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Differential erosion of more and less resistant rocks best explains the formation of which erosional landforms?

a)

Beaches and spits

b)

Spits and bars

c)

Headlands and bays

d)

Arches and stacks

2.

Headlands and bays are most likely to be formed along which type of coast?

a)

Discordant coasts

b)

Coasts with impermeable rock

c)

Concordant coasts

d)

Coast with permeable rock

3.

A gently sloping rocky area at the bottom of a retreating cliff:

a)

Wave cut notch

b)

Beach

c)

Headland

d)

Wave cut platform

4.

The area at the bottom of a cliff that destructive waves attack:

a)

Above the high water mark.

b)

Between the high and low water marks.

c)

Below the low water mark.

d)

The overhanging rock.

5.

The correct sequence of headland evolution:

a)

Cave, joint, arch, stack, stump

b)

Joint, cave, arch, stump, stack

c)

Stack, arch, stump, joint, cave

d)

Joint, cave, arch, stack, stump

6.

Limestone and chalk are particularly susceptible to which types of marine erosion?

a)

Freeze-thaw weathering

b)

Solution

c)

Longshore drift

d)

Hydraulic action

7.

"The wearing away and removal of material by a moving force, such as a breaking wave" is which process?

a)

Deposition

b)

Erosion

c)

Transportation

d)

Weathering

8.

"The movement of eroded material" is which process?

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

Transportation

d)

Weathering

9.

"Material being transported by the sea is dropped due to the sea losing energy" is which process?

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

Transportation

d)

Weathering

10.

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."

a)

Abrasion

b)

Attrition

c)

Solution

d)

Hydraulic action

11.

Which type of erosional process is this?

"When rocks and boulders transported by waves bump into each other and break up into smaller pieces."

a)

Abrasion

b)

Attrition

c)

Solution

d)

Hydraulic action

12.

Which type of erosional process is this?

"The wearing away of cliffs by sediment flung by breaking waves."

a)

Abrasion

b)

Attrition

c)

Solution

d)

Hydraulic action

13.

Which type of erosional process is this?

"Soluble particles are dissolved into the sea water".

a)

Abrasion

b)

Attrition

c)

Solution

d)

Hydraulic action

14.

A pinnacle of rock separated from the mainland is...

a)

A stump

b)

A stack

c)

A natural arch

d)

A headland

15.

Landforms of coastal erosion often covered by the sea at high tide:

a)

Stump

b)

Stack

c)

Wave cut platform

d)

Natural arch

16.

Choose which TWO statements are a characteristic of sedimentary rock

a)

Rocks formed in layers

b)

Rocks formed from other rocks

c)

May contain fossils of plants and animals

d)

Crystals are formed in layers

17.

Identify one example of a sedimentary rock

a)

Schist

b)

Slate

c)

Basalt

d)

Chalk

18.

Identify ONE example of a metamorphic rock

a)

Sandstone

b)

Granite

c)

Slate

d)

Basalt

19.

Choose which TWO statements are a characteristic of metamorphic rock

a)

Rocks formed because of heat/pressure

b)

Made of grains that cemented together

c)

Lava cools and solidifies

d)

Rocks formed from other rocks

20.

Identify ONE example of an igneous rock

a)

Chalk

b)

Granite

c)

Sandstone

d)

Schist

21.

Choose which TWO statements are a characteristic of igneous rock

a)

Permeable

b)

Formed from volcanic activity

c)

More resistant to erosion and weathering

d)

Rocks formed from other rocks