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The Ultimate ocean shore quiz!!

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tides bring in what

a)

sand and sealife

b)

sealife and water

c)

life and sand

d)

none

2.

A beach is....

a)

where the ocean meets land

b)

a rocky coastline

c)

a piece of sandy land

d)

the tropics

3.

what current moves sand from one end to another.

a)

Longshore

b)

"Here comes the undertoe!"

c)

the undertoe

d)

riptide

4.

What can wear away land and expose rock for ? to wear away to deposit somewear else to make a beach.

a)

waves, Waves and more waves

b)

tnt

c)

tsunamis

d)

earthquake

5.

A water filled space between mainland and barrier island.

a)

island

b)

pond

c)

inlet

d)

lake

6.

As tide rises and falls the water levels change. exposing what ?

a)

True and beach

b)

false and inlet

c)

true and island

d)

false and wall

7.

what changes the opening shape of the inlet

a)

tides and waves

b)

tides

c)

waves

d)

currents

8.

storms have an effect of the shore

a)

false

b)

no

c)

maybe

d)

true

9.

where a river meets the ocean

a)

island

b)

stream

c)

river

d)

estuary

10.

at high tide water brings in what?

a)

dirt

b)

sediment and sea life

c)

sand

d)

all of the above

11.

waves can deposit what

a)

sediment

b)

shells

c)

dirt

d)

sand

12.

a piece of land that protects the mainland

a)

island

b)

wall

c)

barrier island

d)

estuary

13.

moves sand from 1 end to another

a)

tides

b)

waves

c)

currents

d)

streams

14.

waves deposit what?

a)

sediment

b)

sand

c)

dirt

d)

shellfish