WorksheetsYear 14 Coastal Environments
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
Wave size is affected by... (select all that apply)
Wind strength
Salt or freshwater
Wind Duration
Fetch
Wind Direction
When waves are in deep water the particles of water...
Move in a circular motion
Move forward towards the coast
Break in the middle of the ocean
Refract
When waves enter shallow water they become...
More circular
Calmer
Elliptical
Horizontal
Destructive waves create a _____________ beach
Steep
Gently sloped
Constructive waves create which landform on the coast?
Storm Beach
Offshore bar
Berm
Wave-cut notch
Energy is ___________ in bays leading to deposition.
Concentrated
Increased
Dissipated
Intense
Refraction is mostly caused by ...
Longshore drift
Increasing depth
Frictional drag with the sea bed
Wind dragging across the surface of water
This is an example of a...
Drift aligned coast
Swash aligned coast
Swash aligned coasts occur where waves break...
Parallel to the shore line
Perpendicular to the shore line
At an angle to the shore line
Beaches are formed at...
Low Energy Coastlines
High Energy Coastlines
Runnels are found in the...
Backshore
Foreshore
Offshore
This is an example of...
An offshore bar
A tombolo
Beach Cusps
Storm Beach
A halophyte is a plant that is...
Grown at a high altitude
A salt-tolerant plant
A plant that needs little water
Better suited to a hot climate
Sand dune systems provide...
A natural barrier for erosion
A manmade embankment for rivers
An area of land for waves to refract around
This is an example of a/an...
Arcuate Delta
Bar
Deferred Island
Tombolo
Thermal expansion causes...
Isostatic rise
Eustatic Rise
Eustatic Fall
Isostatic Fall
When continental ice sheets advance, there is a eustatic _________ in sea level
Rise
Fall
Orogeny is the process of...
Waves fully refracting
The eruption of volcanoes
Sinking land due to sediment load
Mountain building
Rias are said to be which pattern?
Dendritic
Crescent
Scalene
Elliptical
Select all the emergent landforms.
Ria
Fjord
Raised beach
Relict landform
What is this hard-engineering management strategy?
Gabion
Groyne
Rip-rap
Dune regeneration
What is this management strategy?
Beach Nourishment
Managed Retreat
Cliff Stabilisation
Sea regression
