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The sea pt 2

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is longshore drift?
a)
Where waves smash rocks and pebbles into each other, causing them to break
b)
Where material is moved sideways along the coast
c)
Where bits of rock and sand in waves grind down cliff surfaces
2.
Wooden barriers built at right angles to the beach are called what?
a)
Rock armour / Rip rap
b)
Beach nourishment
c)
Groynes
d)
Sea walls
3.

Select the landforms that have been created by erosion.

a)

Headlands

b)

Beaches

c)

Spits

d)

Wave cut platform

e)

Caves, arches, stacks and stumps

4.

What method of coastal management does this image show?

a)

Groynes

b)

Boulder riprap

c)

Gabions

d)

Sea wall

5.

What is the coastal land use in this image?

a)

Agriculture

b)

Sport

c)

Tourism

d)

Trade

6.

Identify this coastal landform.

a)

Spit

b)

Tombolo

c)

Headland

d)

Sandbar

7.

Which of these is created by deposition?

a)

cave

b)

Sea stack

c)

bay

d)

beach

8.

Which of these is not created by deposition?

a)

cave

b)

spit

c)

dune

d)

beach

9.

Identify the landform type.

a)

Sea Stack

b)

Sea Stump

c)

Arch

d)

Bay

10.

True or false? Sea Stacks are created by erosion and weathering.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

How do groynes work to protect the coastline?

a)

They trap sediment by slowing down longshore drift, thereby building up a wide beach

b)

They absorb wave energy so that the cliffs behind are protected

c)

They act as a hard rock barrier at foot of cliff to provide a buffer again the sea

d)

They allow rapid longshore drift along the coastline

12.
This is
a)
Longshore Drift
b)
Nearshore currents
c)
Attrition
d)
Undertow