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Marine transportation

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is 1?

a)

Traction

b)

Solution

c)

Suspension

d)

Saltation

2.

What is 3?

a)

Traction

b)

Solution

c)

Suspension

d)

Saltation

3.

What is 2?

a)

Traction

b)

Solution

c)

Suspension

d)

Saltation

4.

The water forces air to be trapped and pressured into cracks in the rocks on the bank of the river

a)

Attrition

b)

Hydraulic Action

c)

Abrasion

d)

Solution

5.

The rocks and pebbles being carried by the river crash against each other, wearing them down to become smaller, rounded pebbles

a)

Attrition

b)

Hydraulic Action

c)

Abrasion

d)

Solution

6.

This is when sea water dissolves certain types of rocks

a)

Attrition

b)

Hydraulic Action

c)

Abrasion

d)

Solution

7.

The erosion of the river bottom and the riverbank by material being carried by the river itself

a)

Attrition

b)

Hydraulic Action

c)

Abrasion

d)

Solution

8.

What is 3?

a)

Blowhole

b)

Arch

c)

Stack

d)

Sea cave

9.

What is 6?

a)

Blowhole

b)

Arch

c)

Stack

d)

Sea cave

10.

What is 5?

a)

Blowhole

b)

Arch

c)

Stack

d)

Sea cave

11.

What is 4?

a)

Blowhole

b)

Arch

c)

Stump

d)

Sea cave

12.

What is 2?

a)

Blowhole

b)

Arch

c)

Stack

d)

Headland

13.

A series of smaller ridges formed beneath the storm ridge

a)

Runnels

b)

Berms

c)

Cusps

14.

This is an example of

a)

Runnels

b)

Berms

c)

Cusps

15.

Shoreline formations made up of various grades of sediment in an arc pattern

a)

Runnels

b)

Berms

c)

Cusps

16.

These are the best type of waves for surfing.These waves occur when the ocean floor is steep or has sudden depth changes, such as from a reef or sandbar.

a)

Plunging waves

b)

Spilling waves

c)

Surging waves

17.

These waves that are produced when the ocean floor has a gentle slope

a)

Plunging waves

b)

Spilling waves

c)

Surging waves

18.

Waves that don't have time to break because the transition from deep-water to shallow water is too fast so they end up just surging up onto the beach

a)

Plunging waves

b)

Spilling waves

c)

Surging waves

19.

What is 1?

a)

Fore dune

b)

Dune Slack

c)

Grey dune

20.

What is 2?

a)

Fore dune

b)

Dune Slack

c)

Grey dune

21.

What is 3?

a)

Fore dune

b)

Dune Slack

c)

Grey dune

22.

The reason for Dune Slack is

a)

Water Table

b)

Spring tides

c)

Constructive waves