WorksheetsCoasts
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this landform?
a)
Spit
b)
Sand dune
c)
Stack
d)
Stump
2.
I am the type of erosion where sediment scrapes against the headland. What am I?
a)
Attrition
b)
Hydraulic action
c)
Solution
d)
Abrasion
3.
I happen when the waves don't have enough energy to carry sediment
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Swash
d)
Backwash
4.
I transport material along a beach. What am I.
a)
Longshore Drift
b)
Longshape Drift
c)
Longnose Drift
d)
Longway drift
5.
I am the forward motion of waves
a)
Backwash
b)
Swash
6.
Erosion means 'the wearing away of rock'.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Which are types of erosion?
a)
Suspension
b)
Solution
c)
Abrasion
d)
Saltation
8.
Headlands and bays are created because of...
a)
layers of different rock types
b)
it's always been like that
c)
tides
d)
destructive waves
9.
What is meant by transportation?
a)
The wearing away of the landscape
b)
When eroded rock is moved to another place by the sea
c)
When transported material is dropped by the sea
d)
The breaking down of rock
10.
Which erosional features can you see in this photo?
a)
Arch
b)
Stack
c)
Stump
d)
Cave
11.
Which type of transportation is when 'large material like boulders are pushed and rolled along'
a)
Suspension
b)
Solution
c)
Saltation
d)
Traction
12.
Which of these are depositional features?
a)
Spits
b)
Bars
c)
Stacks
d)
Caves
13.
What process causes a scene like this?
a)
Weathering
b)
Longshore drift
c)
Solution
d)
Suspension
14.
What is this landform?
a)
Arch
b)
Cave
c)
Headland
d)
Wave-cut Platform
15.
What best describe hydraulic action?
a)
Sediment grinds against the cliff
b)
Sediment is thrown at the cliff
c)
Waves smash into the cliff compression air which weakens the cliff
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