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Year 14 Coastal Environments

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Wave size is affected by... (select all that apply)

a)

Wind strength

b)

Salt or freshwater

c)

Wind Duration

d)

Fetch

e)

Wind Direction

2.

When waves are in deep water the particles of water...

a)

Move in a circular motion

b)

Move forward towards the coast

c)

Break in the middle of the ocean

d)

Refract

3.

When waves enter shallow water they become...

a)

More circular

b)

Calmer

c)

Elliptical

d)

Horizontal

4.

Destructive waves create a _____________ beach

a)

Steep

b)

Gently sloped

5.

Constructive waves create which landform on the coast?

a)

Storm Beach

b)

Offshore bar

c)

Berm

d)

Wave-cut notch

6.

Energy is ___________ in bays leading to deposition.

a)

Concentrated

b)

Increased

c)

Dissipated

d)

Intense

7.

Refraction is mostly caused by ...

a)

Longshore drift

b)

Increasing depth

c)

Frictional drag with the sea bed

d)

Wind dragging across the surface of water

8.

This is an example of a...

a)

Drift aligned coast

b)

Swash aligned coast

9.

Swash aligned coasts occur where waves break...

a)

Parallel to the shore line

b)

Perpendicular to the shore line

c)

At an angle to the shore line

10.

Beaches are formed at...

a)

Low Energy Coastlines

b)

High Energy Coastlines

11.

Runnels are found in the...

a)

Backshore

b)

Foreshore

c)

Offshore

12.

This is an example of...

a)

An offshore bar

b)

A tombolo

c)

Beach Cusps

d)

Storm Beach

13.

A halophyte is a plant that is...

a)

Grown at a high altitude

b)

A salt-tolerant plant

c)

A plant that needs little water

d)

Better suited to a hot climate

14.

Sand dune systems provide...

a)

A natural barrier for erosion

b)

A manmade embankment for rivers

c)

An area of land for waves to refract around

15.

This is an example of a/an...

a)

Arcuate Delta

b)

Bar

c)

Deferred Island

d)

Tombolo

16.

Thermal expansion causes...

a)

Isostatic rise

b)

Eustatic Rise

c)

Eustatic Fall

d)

Isostatic Fall

17.

When continental ice sheets advance, there is a eustatic _________ in sea level

a)

Rise

b)

Fall

18.

Orogeny is the process of...

a)

Waves fully refracting

b)

The eruption of volcanoes

c)

Sinking land due to sediment load

d)

Mountain building

19.

Rias are said to be which pattern?

a)

Dendritic

b)

Crescent

c)

Scalene

d)

Elliptical

20.

Select all the emergent landforms.

a)

Ria

b)

Fjord

c)

Raised beach

d)

Relict landform

21.

What is this hard-engineering management strategy?

a)

Gabion

b)

Groyne

c)

Rip-rap

d)

Dune regeneration

22.

What is this management strategy?

a)

Beach Nourishment

b)

Managed Retreat

c)

Cliff Stabilisation

d)

Sea regression