WorksheetsGeography End of Month Test
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 25mins
With a ................................... wave, the swash is stronger than the backwash.
destructive
constructive
swash
backwash
With a ................................... wave, the backwash is stronger than the swash.
destructive
constructive
swash
backwash
What is this type of wave?
Constructive wave
Destructive wave
What is this type of wave?
Coast building - constructive
Coast destroying - destructive
Which key term goes with the definition 'The wearing away and removal of material by a moving force, such as a breaking wave. '
Deposition
Erosion
Transportation
Fetch
Solution is when salts and other acids in seawater slowly dissolve a cliff.
True
False
The annotation best explains which coastal erosional process?
Attrition
Abrasion
Hydraulic action
Corrosion
Letter B is called a ____.
Sea Cave
Sea Island
Sea Arch
Sea Stack
Letter F is better known as a ___.
Barrier Island
Beach
Tombolo
Spit
Which letter is pointing to a spit?
A
B
C
D
Abrasion occurs when?
Little rocks get picked up by the waves and smashed on to the cliffs
Small rocks are smashed against each other, making smaller rocks.
Chemicals in the sea water dissolve the rocks
At low tide when animals enter the coastal environment.
Which is the correct order?
Stack, stump, cave, arch
cave, arch, stump, stack
cave, stack, arch, stump
cave, arch, stack, stump
What is 'C' an example of?
Cliff
Wave cut platform
Notch
Areas near the sea are cooler in summer and warmer in winter.
True
False
Differences in air pressure cause wind
True
False
rain is collected and measured by a
rain stick
rain bucket
rain quadrant
rain gauge
Which sentence best describes how latitude and air temperature are related?
The lower the latitude, the colder the air temperature.
The higher the latitude, the colder the air temperature.
The higher the latitude, the warmer the air temperature.
Why do coastal areas have cooler summers than inland areas at the same latitude?
because bodies of water heat up and cool off more slowly than land
because bodies of water heat up more slowly than land, but cool off more rapidly than land
How does latitude effect how the Earth's climate?
because the Earth is round, every place gets the same amount of sunlight
because the Earth is round, the equator gets the most sunlight and the rest is spread out
all places on Earth have the same climate
What are the three different climate zones on Earth?
polar, latitude, tropical
polar, temperate, tropical
ocean currents, elevation, prevailing winds
On the Earth, where does the cold air move to?
Cold air sinks towards the Equator.
Cold air sinks toward the at the North and South Poles
At the equator, light hits at ______
a low angle and is spread out over a large area
at a 90 degree andlge and is concentrated
At the poles, light hits at _____.
a low angle and is spread out over a large area.
at a 90 degree angle and is concentrated and bright.
The Earth’s surface is heated unevenly because___.
Sunlight hits the poles with intense direct bright light and little sun hits the Equator.
Earth is a sphere and so the sunlight hits the Earth at different angles. The Equator gets direct intense light and the pols get indirect light.
The heat deep inside Earth heats up different hemispheres.
Which statement best describes the diagram?
Sunlight hits Earth’s North pole at a low angle, the light spreads out, and so temperatures are cold.
Sunlight hits Earth’s North pole with direct, intense, and bright light so it is cold.
The Sunlight that hits Earth’s surface near the equator is very spread out and so the light is less intense, and not as bright.
