WorksheetsCoastal Systems and Landscapes 2 A Level Geography AQA
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Sediment moves around the British coast in distinct areas known as what?
Coastal boundaries
Sediment cells
Sediment areas
Coastal loops
Which of these is not a process of marine erosion?
Wave quarrrying
Abrasion
Wave steepness
Hydraulic action
When rocks run parallel to the coastline they are called what?
Discordant
Concordant
Which type of marine transportation can move the largest stones?
Saltation
Suspension
Traction
Solution
Which of these factors does not lead to marine deposition?
When sand and shingle accumulate faster than they are removed
The waves are low energy
There is an abundant supply of material
The waves increase in speed following breaking
Oxidation is a type of chemical weathering. What is it?
When oxygen in water reacts with minerals in rocks to create clays and dissolvable salts.
When oxygen in water causes the rocks to expand, creating stress and disintegration.
When oxygen in water reacts with some rock minerals forming oxides and hydroxides, causing them to disintegrate.
When oxygen in water reacts with rainwater to create carbonic acid which dissolves carbonate rocks.
Which three of these are types of mass movement?
Soil shift
Landslide
Rockfall
Rotational slump
What is the type of weathering that can occur when temperatures fluctuate above and below freezing?
Oxidation
Freeze-thaw
Hydration
Hydrolysis
What is longshore drift also known as?
Locational drift
Zigzag drift
Angular drift
Littoral drift
Aeolian processes refer to what?
Waves
Wind
Runoff
Currents
