WorksheetsNational: Coastal Landscapes
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 14mins
The distance the wind blows over the ocean is known as the...
Herebouy
Fetch
Throw
Sit
Waves do three jobs. Erosion, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, and deposition
(a)
Which of the following describe a destructive wave? (Choose three)
Short wave length
Long wave length
Weak swash
Weak backwash
Steep beach
What type of erosion involves seawater dissolving certain types of rocks. Chalk and limestone cliffs are prone to this type of erosion
Hydraulic action
Solution
Abrasion
Attrition
What type of erosion involves rocks being thrown against a cliff
Hydraulic action
Solution
Abrasion
Attrition
What type of erosion involves water entering cracks, forcing air in and widening them
Hydraulic action
Solution
Abrasion
Attrition
What type of transportation involves pebbles and heavier materials being rolled along the sea bed
Saltation
Traction
Solution
Suspension
What phrase is used to describe varying speeds of erosion?
Hard and soft rock
Fast and slow erosion
Differential erosion
Alternate erosion
What word is used to describe a coastline with rock types at 90 degrees (perpendicular) to the coastline?
Concordant
Alternate
Discordant
Strata
Which of the following is an example of a softer rock?
Limestone
Mudstone
Chalk
Granite
Waves are less powerful in bays because their energy is concentrated on the headlands and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ into bays
(a)
As the waves attack the cliff between high and low tide a wave-cut _ _ _ _ _ appears
(a)
Which term describes the apparent backward movement of a cliff?
Coastal advance
Coastal gain
Coastal loss
Coastal retreat
As the wave-cut platform gets larger, the rate of erosion decreases
True
False
Which of the following is an example of a stack in Scotland?
Old man of Loy
Old man of Joy
Old man of Hoy
Old man of Foy
What stage is missing?
Crack, cave, _ _ _ _, stack, stump
(a)
What can appear through vertical lines of weakness in the headland?
Moss
Stack
Blowhole
Arch
What feature is formed when a spit forms across two headlands?
Spit
Bar
Tombolo
Sea stack
Longshore _ _ _ _ _
(a)
Material moves up the beach (swash) in the direction of...
Prevailing wind
Gravity
Coastline
East
West
Material moves down the beach (backwash) in the direction of...
Prevailing wind
Gravity
Coastline
East
West
What can form behind a spit due to a build up of sediment?
A sandbar
Forest
The ocean
Salt marsh
